Definition of Masculinize

1. Verb. Give a masculine appearance or character to. "Fashion designers have masculinized women's looks in the 1990s"

Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Related verbs: Masculinise, Virilise, Virilize

2. Verb. Produce virilism in or cause to assume masculine characteristics, as through a hormonal imbalance or hormone therapy. "The drugs masculinized the teenage girl"
Exact synonyms: Masculinise, Virilise, Virilize
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Derivative terms: Masculinization, Virilization

Definition of Masculinize

1. Verb. (transitive) To make masculine; to give typically male characteristics. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Masculinize

1. [v -IZED, -IZING, -IZES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Masculinize

masculineness
masculines
masculinisation
masculinise
masculinised
masculinises
masculinising
masculinism
masculinisms
masculinist
masculinists
masculinities
masculinity
masculinize
masculinized
masculinizes
masculinizing
masculinus
masculism
masculisms
masculist
masculists
masculy
masdar
masdevallia
mase
mased

Literary usage of Masculinize

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Journal of Heredity by American Genetic Association (1917)
"The converse operation on a female tends to masculinize her ; she becomes large like the male and exhibits the pugnacious character of the latter. ..."

2. Famous Composers and Their Works by Philip Hale, Louis Charles Elson (1900)
"... in her famous white waistcoats in the form of a shirt-front, she has perhaps introduced a certain feature which tends to masculinize her dress. ..."

3. The New Englander by William Lathrop Kingsley (1877)
"... and brutalize, and degrade the character of woman, as we surely shall if we masculinize it for the sake of adding to the number of preachers. ..."

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