Definition of Masculinisation

1. Noun. The abnormal development of male sexual characteristics in a female (usually as the result of hormone therapies or adrenal malfunction).


Lexicographical Neighbors of Masculinisation

mascotte
masculate
masculated
masculates
masculating
masculation
masculine pelvis
masculine protest
masculine rhyme
masculine rhymes
masculinely
masculineness
masculines
masculinisation (current term)
masculinise
masculinised
masculinises
masculinising
masculinism
masculinisms
masculinist
masculinists
masculinities
masculinity
masculinize
masculinized

Literary usage of Masculinisation

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

1. Freedom's Children by Helen Wilkinson, Geoff Mulgan (1995)
"The masculinisation of young women The feminising of men is being matched by the masculinisation of women. The table below shows just how much younger women ..."

2. The Climax of Civilisation by Correa Moylan Walsh (1917)
"... have taken place (for the masculinisation of women will be no compensation), where the strong and the wise and the shrewd shall gain no more of wealth, ..."

3. The Climax of Civilisation by Correa Moylan Walsh (1917)
"... have taken place (for the masculinisation of women will be no compensation), where the strong and the wise and the shrewd shall gain no more of wealth, ..."

4. Tomorrow's Women by Helen Wilkinson, Melanie Howard (1997)
"This masculinisation was particularly visible in the power dressing, pinstriped suits of the 198os, and in the joke about Margaret Thatcher: that she was ..."

5. Women in South African History: Basus'iimbokodo, Bawel'imilambo / They by Nomboniso Gasa (2008)
"Multifaceted identities Returning to the earlier question of whether the price of joining MK or working underground meant the 'masculinisation' of women: ..."

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