sexualizationn.
/ˌsɛkʃʊəlʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, /ˌsɛksjʊ(ə)lʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, /ˌsɛkʃᵿlʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, /ˌsɛkʃl̩ʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌsɛkʃ(əw)əlaɪˈzeɪʃən/, /ˌsɛkʃ(əw)ələˈzeɪʃən/ The action or process of sexualizing something, or an instance of this; the fact or condition of being sexual.
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sexualization1834
sexing1954
1834 E. Moor Oriental Fragments 512 The proneness of Brahmans to general sexualization.
1889 Classical Rev. 3 391 We are inclined to doubt Pott's confident assumption that sexualization is a necessary consequence of personification.
1927 Enemy No. 2. 123 Sexualisation of spirit or spiritualisation of sex, whether it be in the fashion of Lawrence, Blake or certain Hindus..both lose both values.
1989 S. Kofman in H. J. Silverman Derrida & Deconstruction vii. 127 Everything that can be said of the text can be said of sex: there is in Glas a sexualization of text and a textualization of sex.
2001 Church Times 20 July 14/3 The sexualisation of our culture makes the vow of celibacy look like a notion from another planet.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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