Definitions
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- verb transitive To
sexualize excessively.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Not only do his nearly blasphemous reimaginings of characters oversexualize to a hyperdrive-like level, they appear completely impractical.
Art Appreciation Moment of the Day: J. Scott Campbell | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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We go so far out of our way to oversexualize young children that there are even tales of mothers taking their 8-year-old daughters for bikini waxing.
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We go so far out of our way to oversexualize young children that there are even tales of mothers taking their 8-year-old daughters for bikini waxing.
2008 April 2008
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CRANDELL: And I think part of it has to do with the fact -- I don ` t know, I think people oversexualize the idea of these parties.
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By attempting to desexualize the idea of man and to oversexualize the idea of woman, Christianity necessarily degraded the position of woman and the conception of womanhood.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 Sex in Relation to Society Havelock Ellis 1899
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You're right they always oversexualize the gay community.
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