Dictionary

masculinize en · VERB

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 From masculine + -ize.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To make masculine; to give typically male characteristics.
   • The global androgenization hypothesis predicts that neighboring males will masculinize both AGD and 2D:4D and, therefore, that AGD and 2D:4D will correlate within sexes. 2007 December 14, Peter L. Hurd, Allison A. Bailey, Patricia A. Gongal, Reginia H. Yan, John J. Greer, Silvia Pagliardini, “Intrauterine Position Effects on Anogenital Distance and Digit Ratio in Male and Female Mice”, in Archives of Sexual Behavior, volume 37, number 1, →DOI:
   • Impersonality always masculinizes a woman. 1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae:
   • Returning to the sculptor described earlier, we know why that young woman suffered. She was housebound and bedbound, her face was changed by steroids, she was masculinized by her treatment, one breast was scarred, and she had almost no hair. 1982 March 18, Eric J. Cassel[l], “The Nature of Suffering and the Goals of Medicine”, in The New England Journal of Medicine, volume 306, number 11, →DOI, page 642:
   • Surgical interventions for gender dysphoria, according to WPATH, can include feminizing or masculinizing hormone therapy, voice therapy, chest augmentation and reduction, or genital surgery. 2018 May 31, Emanuella Grinberg, “What is medically necessary treatment for gender-affirming health care?”, in CNN:

Forms

Antonyms

feminize

Deriveds

undermasculinized · hypermasculinized · masculinization · masculinizable · unmasculinized · demasculinize · hypomasculinized · nonmasculinizing · remasculinize

Synonyms

masculize · manify

Translations (18)

cmn 男性化 (make (more) masculine) · pl zmaskulinizować (make (more) masculine) · fr masculiniser (make (more) masculine) · pl maskulinizować (make (more) masculine) · ko 남성화(男性化)하다 (make (more) masculine) · ca masculinitzar (make (more) masculine) · fi maskuliinisoida (make (more) masculine) · pl umężczyźnić (make (more) masculine) · es masculinizar (make (more) masculine) · de maskulinisieren (make (more) masculine) · sv maskulinisera (make (more) masculine) · it mascolinizzare (make (more) masculine) · pl umężczyźniać (make (more) masculine) · pt masculinizar (make (more) masculine) · yue 男性化 (make (more) masculine) · de vermännlichen (make (more) masculine) · gl masculinizar (make (more) masculine) · nan-hbl 男性化 (make (more) masculine)