EGAVE

emasculation

About 0.15 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun The removal of the penis, testicles, and scrotum of (a male person or animal).
  2. noun The act of depriving of virility, or the state of being so deprived; castration.
  3. noun The act of depriving, or state of being deprived, of vigour or effectiveness.
    The authoritarian regime oversaw the total emasculation of the country's judiciary.

Similar words

castration demasculation emaculation degenderization unmanning declawing disembowelment removal withdrawal defemination

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