demasculinize
Strip male traits
To demasculinize is to remove or diminish masculine qualities or characteristics.
The term applies to physical changes—as when hormones or surgery alter male traits—or to social and cultural shifts that reduce male dominance or traditional masculine attributes: Critics argued the policy would demasculinize the military.
The word often carries negative connotations, implying unwanted weakening or feminization.
Deprive of courage
- castrateRemove male gonads surgically
- neuterRemove fertility surgically
- desexSurgically render infertile
- geldCastrate male animal
effeminize · feminize · unsex · desexualize
Soft and kind
- mellowSoft, ripe, relaxed
- temperState of mind
- moderateLessen intensity or preside
- tameMade gentle, manageable
domesticate · civilize · refine · smooth · subdue · tone down · defang · pacify
unman
Deprive of courage
- castrateRemove male gonads surgically
- neuterRemove fertility surgically
- desexSurgically render infertile
geld · effeminize · feminize · unsex · desexualize
gentle
Soft and kind
tame · domesticate · civilize · refine · smooth · subdue · tone down · defang · pacify
debilitate
To make weak
devitalize · undermine · impair · drain · deplete · attenuate · diminish · vitiate · erode · dilute
deprive
To withhold or remove
- divestRid of assets
- denudeStrip completely bare
- dispossessDeprive of property