| 释义 |
defeminize, v.|diːˈfɛmɪnaɪz|
[f. de- II. 1 + L. femina woman + -ize.]
trans. To deprive of femininity. So defeminiˈzation; deˈfeminized ppl. a.
1900Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. July 546 The most defeminized of these specimens, who are so prone to diminutives suggesting endearment. 1905Daily Chron. 25 May 3/6 He thought this was ‘monstrous and de-feminised’. 1907Ibid. 9 Mar. 4/6 The so-called Feminism tends in reality to the ‘defeminisation’ of women. 1907Standard 23 Mar., There was no need for women's suffrage, which would defeminise women. |