MASCULINIZE

masculinize, masculinise, virilize, virilise

(verb) produce virilism in or cause to assume masculine characteristics, as through a hormonal imbalance or hormone therapy; “the drugs masculinized the teenage girl”

masculinize

(verb) give a masculine appearance or character to; “Fashion designers have masculinized women’s looks in the 1990s”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

masculinize (third-person singular simple present masculinizes, present participle masculinizing, simple past and past participle masculinized)

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

Synonyms

• masculize (rare)

Antonyms

• feminize

Source: Wiktionary



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