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e·mas·cu·late

(ĭ-măs′kyə-lāt′)

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. (-lĭt)

Deprived of virility, strength, or vigor.

[Latin ēmasculāre, ēmasculāt- : ē-, ex-, ex- + masculus, male, diminutive of mās, male, man.]

e·mas′cu·la′tion n.

e·mas′cu·la′tive, e·mas′cu·la·to′ry (-lə-tôr′ē) adj.

e·mas′cu·la′tor n.

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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

ευνουχισμός

émasculation

castrazione evirazione

emasculation

(= weakening) → Entkräftung f, → Schwächung f

(lit) → Entmannung f, → Kastration f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

emasculation

[ɪˈmæskjʊˌleɪʃən] n → indebolimento

e·mas·cu·la·tion

n. emasculación; castración; mutilación.

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