emasculation
11emasculation — noun a) The act of depriving of virility, or the state of being so deprived; castration. b) The act of depriving, or state of being deprived, of vigor or strength; unmanly weakness …
12emasculation — Castration of the male by removal of the testes and/or penis. SYN: eviration (1). [L. emasculo, pp. atus, to castrate, fr. e priv. + masculus, masculine] * * * n. strictly, surgical removal of the penis. The term is often used to mean loss of… …
13émasculation — (é ma sku la sion) s. f. Synonyme de castration. ÉTYMOLOGIE Émasculer …
14emasculation — (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Castration] Syn. sterilization, mutilation, eunuchization; see castration . 2. [Weakness] Syn. enervation, debilitation, unmanliness; see weakness 1 …
15emasculation — e·mas·cu·la·tion || ɪ‚mæskjÊŠ leɪʃn n. castration; making weak …
16emasculation — n. 1. Castration, gelding, glibbing, orchotomy. 2. Weakening, debilitation, enervation, unmanning, effemination. 3. Effeminacy, weakness, softness, enervation …
17emasculation — n 1. castration, asexualization, alteration, demasculinization, effeminization; unmanning, eunuchizing, (of fowl) caponization, (of horses) gelding, Inf. fixing, Inf. cutting; maiming, crippling, mutilation. 2. weakening, softening, debilitation; …
18emasculation — emas·cu·la·tion …
19emasculation — n. strictly, surgical removal of the penis. The term is often used to mean loss of male physical and emotional characteristics, either as a result of removal of the testes (castration) or of emotional stress …
20emasculation — See: emasculate …