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neuterlike en · ADJ

Etymology

From neuter + -like.

Meanings

1. Having neuter characteristics; apparently sexless.
   • In another critique that glorifies male aggression, Frank Chin (1972) contrasted the neuterlike characteristics assigned to Asian men to the sexually aggressive images associated with other men of color: […] 2002, Susan J. Ferguson, Mapping the Social Landscape: Readings in Sociology, page 353:
   • Wielding the simulacra of phallocratic corporate power, pop artists (like the diminutive, neuterlike Wizard of Oz) symbolically pursued their only hope of securing some of that male power themselves. 2004, Martha Rosler, Decoys and Disruptions: Selected Writings, 1975-2001, page 95:

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