masculinizev.

Brit.

/ˈmaskjᵿlᵻnʌɪz/, U.S.

/ˈmæskjələˌnaɪz/

Forms: 1800s– masculinize, 1900s– masculinise.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: masculine adj., -ize suffix.

Etymology: < masculine adj. + -ize suffix, perhaps after feminize v. Compare French masculiniser to make masculine (1674; 16th cent. in Middle French in sense ‘to have masculine characteristics’ and in specific application to versification).

1. transitive. To make (a person or thing) masculine or more masculine in nature, form, or character.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > sex and gender > male > make masculine [verb (transitive)]

masculate1812

masculinize1858

1858 H. Harbaugh True Glory Women p. xx The evil takes several forms—they are these: the tendency to idealize her, to idolize her, and to masculinize her.

1912 Mme Moret tr. A. Moret Kings & Gods Egypt i. 29 She even tried to change the very name she had received at her birth and to masculinise it by omitting the feminine ending.

1963 B. Friedan Feminine Mystique viii. 190 The frustrated American mother, ‘masculinized’ by her education.

1998 Independent 17 Aug. ii. 2/3 Is it not a sad reflection on our society that the only way to raise salaries in a profession long recognised as underpaid is to ‘masculinise’ it?

2. Biology and Medicine.

a. transitive. To cause to develop male physiological or behavioural characteristics; spec. to induce male secondary sexual characteristics in (a female individual).

ΚΠ

1924 G. R. de Beer Growth ix. 62 By grafting a male gland into a female the latter can be masculinized.

1962 D. J. B. Ashley Human Intersex iv. 60 Parabiosis experiments on primitive vertebrates showed inversion of sex in either direction, males were feminized and females masculinized.

1971 Daily Tel. 10 Dec. (Colour Suppl.) 21/3 The amount of androgen required for normal masculinizing of the brain is greater than that required to masculinize the genitalia.

1989 Psychiatric Devel. 7 249 Testosterone..given to pregnant monkeys masculinizes the social play of their female offspring.

b. intransitive. To develop male sexual characteristics.

ΚΠ

1973 Lancet 21 Apr. 891/1 In testicular feminisation genetic males (46,XY) develop testes but..fail to masculinise and instead develop female external genitalia.

1992 Daily Tel. 31 Mar. 15/8 Biological discrepancies are often not noticed ‘until puberty when a girl's menstruation fails to occur or her clitoris enlarges to look more like a penis, or when the body of a boy fails to masculinise’.

Derivatives

ˈmasculinized adj. [compare French masculinisé (c1501)]

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > sex and gender > male > [adjective] > made or becoming

virilescent1836

masculinized1927

1927 Daily Express 28 Sept. 8/7 The second type of masculinised female is the politically-minded woman.

1961 M. F. A. Montagu Genetic Mechanisms in Human Dis. xii. 113 Completely masculinised genetic females are almost common, forming something like 1 in 40 of the masculine population.

1992 N.Y. Times 24 Nov. c9/5 Females exposed to the substance soon after birth developed masculinized brain cell structures.

ˈmasculinizing adj. and n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > sex and gender > male > [noun] > masculinization

virilescence1836

masculinization1895

masculinizing1936

masculation1998

1936 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 18 July 212/2 Androgen to designate substances possessing masculinizing activity.

1970 Nature 3 Oct. 94/2 In the glow-worm Lampyris the apical cells of the testis produce a masculinizing hormone.

1983 Man 18 397/2 In ancient Greece.., a homosexual apprenticeship is regarded as masculinizing.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	masculinize
释义	masculinizev. Brit. /ˈmaskjᵿlᵻnʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈmæskjələˌnaɪz/ Forms: 1800s– masculinize, 1900s– masculinise. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: masculine adj., -ize suffix. Etymology: < masculine adj. + -ize suffix, perhaps after feminize v. Compare French masculiniser to make masculine (1674; 16th cent. in Middle French in sense ‘to have masculine characteristics’ and in specific application to versification). 1. transitive. To make (a person or thing) masculine or more masculine in nature, form, or character. ΘΚΠ the world > life > sex and gender > male > make masculine [verb (transitive)] masculate1812 masculinize1858 1858 H. Harbaugh True Glory Women p. xx The evil takes several forms—they are these: the tendency to idealize her, to idolize her, and to masculinize her. 1912 Mme Moret tr. A. Moret Kings & Gods Egypt i. 29 She even tried to change the very name she had received at her birth and to masculinise it by omitting the feminine ending. 1963 B. Friedan Feminine Mystique viii. 190 The frustrated American mother, ‘masculinized’ by her education. 1998 Independent 17 Aug. ii. 2/3 Is it not a sad reflection on our society that the only way to raise salaries in a profession long recognised as underpaid is to ‘masculinise’ it? 2. Biology and Medicine. a. transitive. To cause to develop male physiological or behavioural characteristics; spec. to induce male secondary sexual characteristics in (a female individual). ΚΠ 1924 G. R. de Beer Growth ix. 62 By grafting a male gland into a female the latter can be masculinized. 1962 D. J. B. Ashley Human Intersex iv. 60 Parabiosis experiments on primitive vertebrates showed inversion of sex in either direction, males were feminized and females masculinized. 1971 Daily Tel. 10 Dec. (Colour Suppl.) 21/3 The amount of androgen required for normal masculinizing of the brain is greater than that required to masculinize the genitalia. 1989 Psychiatric Devel. 7 249 Testosterone..given to pregnant monkeys masculinizes the social play of their female offspring. b. intransitive. To develop male sexual characteristics. ΚΠ 1973 Lancet 21 Apr. 891/1 In testicular feminisation genetic males (46,XY) develop testes but..fail to masculinise and instead develop female external genitalia. 1992 Daily Tel. 31 Mar. 15/8 Biological discrepancies are often not noticed ‘until puberty when a girl's menstruation fails to occur or her clitoris enlarges to look more like a penis, or when the body of a boy fails to masculinise’. Derivatives ˈmasculinized adj. [compare French masculinisé (c1501)] ΘΚΠ the world > life > sex and gender > male > [adjective] > made or becoming virilescent1836 masculinized1927 1927 Daily Express 28 Sept. 8/7 The second type of masculinised female is the politically-minded woman. 1961 M. F. A. Montagu Genetic Mechanisms in Human Dis. xii. 113 Completely masculinised genetic females are almost common, forming something like 1 in 40 of the masculine population. 1992 N.Y. Times 24 Nov. c9/5 Females exposed to the substance soon after birth developed masculinized brain cell structures. ˈmasculinizing adj. and n. ΘΚΠ the world > life > sex and gender > male > [noun] > masculinization virilescence1836 masculinization1895 masculinizing1936 masculation1998 1936 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 18 July 212/2 Androgen to designate substances possessing masculinizing activity. 1970 Nature 3 Oct. 94/2 In the glow-worm Lampyris the apical cells of the testis produce a masculinizing hormone. 1983 Man 18 397/2 In ancient Greece.., a homosexual apprenticeship is regarded as masculinizing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1858
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