Dictionary

masculinization en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English masculine Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English masculinize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English masculinization From masculinize + -ation.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of rendering someone or something masculine.
   • A pseudohermaphroditic infant female rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta) showing masculinization of the external genitalia as a result of exposure to testosterone propionate during foetal development. 2012, Alan F. Dixson, Primate Sexuality:

Forms

Antonyms

feminization

Deriveds

remasculinization · undermasculinization · demasculinization

Synonyms

virilization

Translations (13)

ka მასკულინიზაცია (act of making masculine) · ca masculinització (act of making masculine) · pt masculinização (act of making masculine) · de Vermännlichung (act of making masculine) · fr masculinisation (act of making masculine) · it mascolinizzazione (act of making masculine) · ro masculinizare (act of making masculine) · pl maskulinizacja (act of making masculine) · it maschilizzazione (act of making masculine) · es masculinización (act of making masculine) · gl masculinización (act of making masculine) · pl umężczyźnienie (act of making masculine) · de Maskulinisierung (act of making masculine)