emasculation

English Thesaurus

1. neutering a male animal by removing the testicles (noun.act)

hypernym	:	altering, fixing, neutering,
definition	:	the sterilization of an animal (noun.act)

2. loss of power and masculinity (noun.attribute)

hypernym	:	effeminacy, effeminateness, sissiness, softness, unmanliness, womanishness,
definition	:	the trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man) (noun.attribute)

3. neutering a male animal by removing the testicles (noun.act)

derivation	:	castrate, demasculinise, demasculinize, emasculate,
definition	:	remove the testicles of a male animal (verb.body)

4. loss of power and masculinity (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	castrate, emasculate,
definition	:	deprive of strength or vigor (verb.change)

5. neutering a male animal by removing the testicles (noun.act)

derivation	:	castrate, demasculinise, demasculinize, emasculate,
definition	:	remove the testicles of a male animal (verb.body)

6. loss of power and masculinity (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	castrate, emasculate,
definition	:	deprive of strength or vigor (verb.change)