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  • verb Present participle of masculinise.

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Examples

  • Yes, normal testosterone (for a male) and I feminised: now low testosterone (even for a female) and I started masculinising.

    Year Three Zoe Brain 2008

  • Doctors subsequently removed his testes to prevent him from masculinising any further; but the truth was he had always felt like a man, not a woman.

    Cosmos Intersex Article Online Zoe Brain 2007

  • Doctors removed his testes to prevent him from masculinising any further but the truth was he had always felt like a man, not a women.

    Archive 2007-06-01 Zoe Brain 2007

  • Doctors subsequently removed his testes to prevent him from masculinising any further; but the truth was he had always felt like a man, not a woman.

    Archive 2007-08-01 Zoe Brain 2007

  • Doctors removed his testes to prevent him from masculinising any further but the truth was he had always felt like a man, not a women.

    Cosmos 15 Zoe Brain 2007

  • We could expect about 65% of female-brained male-bodied individuals to be apparently "homosexual", 30% to be "bisexual", and 5% to be "heterosexual", ignoring the effect of both societal pressure to conform, and masculinising hormones.

    Archive 2006-01-01 Zoe Brain 2006

  • We could expect about 65% of female-brained male-bodied individuals to be apparently "homosexual", 30% to be "bisexual", and 5% to be "heterosexual", ignoring the effect of both societal pressure to conform, and masculinising hormones.

    Brain Intersex Zoe Brain 2006

  • Speaking to an Institute of Education seminar previewing her findings, she added: "And we are masculinising boys - many feel they can't live up to the porn ideal, sleeping with lots of women."

    The Guardian World News 2010

  • And we are masculinising boys - many feel they can't live up to the porn ideal, sleeping with lots of women.

    Jezebel Anna N. 2010

  • It's particularly important that young men experience masculine, and therefore masculinising, environments.

    Oz Conservative 2009

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