defeminizev.

Brit.

/diːˈfɛmᵻnʌɪz/, U.S.

/diˈfɛməˌnaɪz/

Forms: 1700s– defeminise, 1800s– defeminize.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin, combined with English elements. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: de- prefix, Latin femina , -ize suffix; de- prefix, feminize v.

Etymology: Originally < de- prefix + classical Latin femina woman (see feminine adj.) + -ize suffix. Compare earlier feminize v. In later use partly directly < de- prefix + feminize v.

transitive. To make unfeminine; to deprive of femininity.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > woman > make woman [verb (transitive)] > deprive of qualities or traits of woman

unwoman1611

defeminize1760

unfeminize1886

1760 Monthly Rev. June 446 They are to emasculate or defeminise themselves, if we may be indulged that term for a few female Epicures.

1869 Sat. Rev. 6 Feb. 176/2 We see nothing for it but to go to the root of the matter, and for the sex to defeminize themselves.

1870 Hours at Home Oct. 520/1 Authorship did not de-feminize her, if I may coin such a word.

1907 Standard 23 Mar. There was no need for women's suffrage, which would defeminise women.

1968 F. Exley Fan's Notes iv. 144 She had competed so long among men that she had utterly defeminized herself.

2008 Pittsburgh (Pa.) Post-Gaz. (Nexis) 28 Apr. c-1 To slightly defeminize one's appearance does not automatically masculinize it.

Derivatives

defeminiˈzation n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > woman > [noun] > loss or deprivation

defeminization1859

1859 Dwight's Jrnl. Music 26 Nov. 276/2 People expect salvation from the defeminization of women.

1907 Daily Chron. 9 Mar. 4/6 The so-called Feminism tends in reality to the ‘defeminisation’ of women.

2000 N. Stefanova & W. Ovtscharoff Sexual Dimorphism of Bed Nucleus of Stria Terminalis & Amygdala i. 1 If testosterone is present during ‘critical periods’ of early development, masculinization and defeminization in behavior and morphology of the CNS take place.

deˈfeminized adj.

ΚΠ

1858 J. Hanson Lect. Working Classes x. 104 At one time, the shoulders and waists of our fair friends were completely defeminized.

1900 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. July 546 The most defeminized of these specimens, who are so prone to diminutives suggesting endearment.

2014 M. E. Snodgrass World Clothing & Fashion i. 70/1 The fashion in dresses with trousers became the butt of..media satire on defeminized, cigar-puffing women.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	defeminize
释义	defeminizev. Brit. /diːˈfɛmᵻnʌɪz/, U.S. /diˈfɛməˌnaɪz/ Forms: 1700s– defeminise, 1800s– defeminize. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin, combined with English elements. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: de- prefix, Latin femina , -ize suffix; de- prefix, feminize v. Etymology: Originally < de- prefix + classical Latin femina woman (see feminine adj.) + -ize suffix. Compare earlier feminize v. In later use partly directly < de- prefix + feminize v. transitive. To make unfeminine; to deprive of femininity. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > woman > make woman [verb (transitive)] > deprive of qualities or traits of woman unwoman1611 defeminize1760 unfeminize1886 1760 Monthly Rev. June 446 They are to emasculate or defeminise themselves, if we may be indulged that term for a few female Epicures. 1869 Sat. Rev. 6 Feb. 176/2 We see nothing for it but to go to the root of the matter, and for the sex to defeminize themselves. 1870 Hours at Home Oct. 520/1 Authorship did not de-feminize her, if I may coin such a word. 1907 Standard 23 Mar. There was no need for women's suffrage, which would defeminise women. 1968 F. Exley Fan's Notes iv. 144 She had competed so long among men that she had utterly defeminized herself. 2008 Pittsburgh (Pa.) Post-Gaz. (Nexis) 28 Apr. c-1 To slightly defeminize one's appearance does not automatically masculinize it. Derivatives defeminiˈzation n. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > woman > [noun] > loss or deprivation defeminization1859 1859 Dwight's Jrnl. Music 26 Nov. 276/2 People expect salvation from the defeminization of women. 1907 Daily Chron. 9 Mar. 4/6 The so-called Feminism tends in reality to the ‘defeminisation’ of women. 2000 N. Stefanova & W. Ovtscharoff Sexual Dimorphism of Bed Nucleus of Stria Terminalis & Amygdala i. 1 If testosterone is present during ‘critical periods’ of early development, masculinization and defeminization in behavior and morphology of the CNS take place. deˈfeminized adj. ΚΠ 1858 J. Hanson Lect. Working Classes x. 104 At one time, the shoulders and waists of our fair friends were completely defeminized. 1900 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. July 546 The most defeminized of these specimens, who are so prone to diminutives suggesting endearment. 2014 M. E. Snodgrass World Clothing & Fashion i. 70/1 The fashion in dresses with trousers became the butt of..media satire on defeminized, cigar-puffing women. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1760
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