emasculation

e·mas·cu·late  (-msky-lt)

tr.v. e·mas·cu·lat·ed, e·mas·cu·lat·ing, e·mas·cu·lates

1. To castrate.

2. To deprive of strength or vigor; weaken.

adj. (-lt)

Deprived of virility, strength, or vigor.

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[Latin masculre, mascult- : -, ex-, ex- + masculus, male, diminutive of ms, male, man.]

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e·mascu·lation n.

e·mascu·lative, e·mascu·la·tory (-l-tôr, -tr) adj.

e·mascu·lator n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	emasculation - loss of power and masculinity effeminacy, effeminateness, sissiness, unmanliness, womanishness, softness - the trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man); "the students associated science with masculinity and arts with effeminacy"; "Spartans accused Athenians of effeminateness"; "he was shocked by the softness of the atmosphere surrounding the young prince, arising from the superfluity of the femininity that guided him"
	2.	emasculation - neutering a male animal by removing the testicles castration altering, neutering, fixing - the sterilization of an animal; "they took him to the vet for neutering"

Translations

emasculation

n

(= weakening) → Entkräftung f, → Schwächung f

(lit) → Entmannung f, → Kastration f

emasculation [ɪˈmæskjʊˌleɪʃən] n → indebolimento