desexualize
Strip sensual elements
To desexualize something is to remove or diminish its sexual character or associations.
Media may desexualize content to make it appropriate for younger audiences.
The term often appears in discussions of how certain groups are portrayed: Society tends to desexualize the elderly and disabled.
To desexualize a person is to treat them as nonsexual beings, which can be dehumanizing.
Remove objectionable content
- expurgateRemove offensive material
- redactConceal text for secrecy
- sanitizeCleanse of pathogens
- editModify written material
suppress · censor · ban · restrict · prohibit · bleep · mute · delete
Abstaining from sexual activity
- platonicFriendly without romance
- innocentFree from moral wrong
- nonromanticWithout amorous feeling
- unromanticWithout tender feeling
unsexy · G-rated · family-friendly · tame · modest · respectable · wholesome · clean
Reframe as medical problem
- objectifyTreat as mere thing
- depersonalizeRemove individual character
- detachTo separate from
- neutralizeCancel an effect
sterilize · dispassionate · anatomical · impersonal · unemotional · scientific · professional · matter-of-fact
Abstaining from sexual activity
- virginalUnsullied or inexperienced
- celibacyAbstaining from intimate relations
- abstinenceVoluntary forgoing of indulgences
- modestyAbsence of vanity
virtue · purity · immaculate · unblemished · undefiled · untainted · sacred · decency
bowdlerize
Remove objectionable content
edit · suppress · censor · ban · restrict · prohibit · bleep · mute · delete · omit
chaste
Abstaining from sexual activity
- platonicFriendly without romance
- innocentFree from moral wrong
- nonromanticWithout amorous feeling
unromantic · unsexy · G-rated · family-friendly · tame · modest · respectable · wholesome · clean · safe
medicalize
Reframe as medical problem
- objectifyTreat as mere thing
- depersonalizeRemove individual character
- detachTo separate from
neutralize · sterilize · dispassionate · anatomical · impersonal · unemotional · scientific · professional · matter-of-fact · clinical
chastity
Abstaining from sexual activity
- virginalUnsullied or inexperienced
- celibacyAbstaining from intimate relations
- abstinenceVoluntary forgoing of indulgences
modesty · virtue · purity · immaculate · unblemished · undefiled · untainted · sacred · decency · morality
desexualizesexualize
Make sexual in nature
eroticize · titillate · sex up · hypersexualize · oversexualize