Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of depriving a male of the functions which characterize the sex; castration.
- noun The act of depriving of vigor or strength; specifically, the act of eliminating or altering parts of a literary work in such a manner as to deprive it of its original force or vividness.
- noun The state of being emasculated; effeminacy; unmanly weakness.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of depriving of virility, or the state of being so deprived; castration.
- noun The act of depriving, or state of being deprived, of vigor or strength; unmanly weakness.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of depriving of virility, or the state of being so deprived;
castration . - noun The act of depriving, or state of being deprived, of vigor or strength; unmanly weakness.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun loss of power and masculinity
- noun neutering a male animal by removing the testicles
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Examples
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In his address Miller lamented what he called the emasculation of the province's powers and role with regard to local government.
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Just remember, kids, violence and emasculation is the only rock-solid cure for teh ghey.
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One of the concerns that is expressed by the proponents of this project is the "emasculation" of the Bible.
Translating vs. Rewriting the Bible: The Conservative Bible Project James F. McGrath 2009
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One of the concerns that is expressed by the proponents of this project is the "emasculation" of the Bible.
Archive 2009-09-01 James F. McGrath 2009
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Killing or gutting Medicare would be a symbolic emasculation of Lyndon Johnson, but it would also relieve a source of government spending that's increasing the demand to raise taxes on the wealthy.
Richard (RJ) Eskow: The Nihilist Party: Republicans Who Believe in Nothing RJ 2011
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Killing or gutting Medicare would be a symbolic emasculation of Lyndon Johnson, but it would also relieve a source of government spending that's increasing the demand to raise taxes on the wealthy.
Richard (RJ) Eskow: The Nihilist Party: Republicans Who Believe in Nothing RJ 2011
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Tensions that resulted in the symbolic emasculation of our one great government institution supportive of the creative process of America's artists, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA).
Raymond J. Learsy: In Paris an Art Fair Called 'FIAC' Stamps 'End' to the Perception of Contemporary Art as 'Elitist' Raymond J. Learsy 2010
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They have yet to recover from expelling their Jews in 1933, and from the post-WWII emasculation of their traditional elitism in the name of egalitarianism.
Matthew Yglesias » Meeting Obama’s College Attainment Goals 2009
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This emasculation is reinforced in the staffing of devalued and disavowed reproductive labor activities on the American military base, with poor men of color migrating from South and Southeast Asia making up the vast majority of these workers.
David Isenberg: The Feminine Side of Private Military Contractors David Isenberg 2011
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In this case, the aggressive undertaking on the part of the United States is emboldened by its masculine qualities--which in turn are emboldened by the emasculation of the rest of the world.
David Isenberg: The Feminine Side of Private Military Contractors David Isenberg 2011
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