Meanings
nouncastration (countable and uncountable, plural castrations)
plural castrations
- countableuncountablemedicineThe act of removing the testicles.
Castration of bulls was a socialization process that turned a bull into an ox; in this transformation something wild became something very useful; nature became culture.
1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 1251 more example
The harlots' harmony echos within our cave of castration Accenting the weeps from the men remade as women; stripped of their appendages Probed and beaten A cult of deviant savages seducing bastards in the darkness
2019, “A Rape of Sirens”, performed by Infant Annihilator, Alex Terrible - countablefigurativelyuncountableAny act that removes power from a person (particularly a man) or entity.
Synonyms & antonyms
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nounneutering a male animal by removing the testicles
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Origin
Translations
Arabic إِخْصَاء, خِصَاء
- إِخْصَاء (ʔiḵṣāʔ)act of removing the testicles
- خِصَاء (ḵiṣāʔ)act of removing the testicles
- خَصْي (ḵaṣy)act of removing the testicles
Bulgarian кастра́ция, скопяване
- кастра́ция (kastrácija)act of removing the testicles
- скопяване (skopjavane)act of removing the testicles
- обезсилване (obezsilvane)figurative: removal of power
Catalan castració
- castracióact of removing the testicles
Chinese Mandarin 去勢 /去势, 閹割 /阉割
- 去勢 /去势 (qùshì)act of removing the testicles
- 閹割 /阉割 (yāngē)act of removing the testicles
- 腐刑 (fǔxíng)act of removing the testicles
- 宮刑 /宫刑 (gōngxíng)act of removing the testicles
Czech kastrace
- kastraceact of removing the testicles
Danish kastrering, kastration
- kastreringact of removing the testicles
- kastrationact of removing the testicles
- kastreringfigurative: removal of power
- kastrationfigurative: removal of power
Dutch castratie
- castratieact of removing the testicles
Finnish kastraatio, kastrointi
- kastraatioact of removing the testicles
- kastrointiact of removing the testicles
- kuohintaact of removing the testicles
- kuohiminenact of removing the testicles
French castration
- castrationact of removing the testicles
German Kastrierung, Hodenentfernung
- Kastrierungact of removing the testicles
- Hodenentfernungact of removing the testicles
Greek ευνουχισμός, ευνουχισμός
- ευνουχισμός (evnouchismós)act of removing the testicles
- ευνουχισμός (evnouchismós)figurative: removal of power
Hebrew סירוס
- סירוס (sirus')act of removing the testicles
Indonesian pengebirian
- pengebirianact of removing the testicles
Italian castrazione
- castrazioneact of removing the testicles
Japanese 去勢, 宮刑
- 去勢 (kyosei)act of removing the testicles
- 宮刑 (kyūkei)act of removing the testicles
- 腐刑 (fukei)act of removing the testicles
- 去勢 (kyosei)figurative: removal of power
Korean 거세, 궁형
- 거세 (geose)act of removing the testicles
- 궁형 (gunghyeong)act of removing the testicles
Latvian kastrācija, kastrēšana
- kastrācijaact of removing the testicles
- kastrēšanaact of removing the testicles
Malay pengasian, pengembirian
- pengasianact of removing the testicles
- pengembirianact of removing the testicles
Norwegian Bokmål kastrasjon, kastrering
- kastrasjonact of removing the testicles
- kastreringact of removing the testicles
Persian اختهسازی, اخته کردن
- اختهسازی (axte-sâzi)act of removing the testicles
- اخته کردن (axte kardan)act of removing the testicles
Polish kastracja
- kastracjaact of removing the testicles
Portuguese castração
- castraçãoact of removing the testicles
Romanian castrație, castrare
- castrațieact of removing the testicles
- castrareact of removing the testicles
Russian кастра́ция
- кастра́ция (kastrácija)act of removing the testicles
Scottish Gaelic spothadh
- spothadhact of removing the testicles
Spanish castración
- castraciónact of removing the testicles
Swedish kastrering
- kastreringact of removing the testicles
Turkish burma, eneme
- burmaact of removing the testicles
- enemeact of removing the testicles
- kastrasyonact of removing the testicles
- iğdiş etmeact of removing the testicles
Vietnamese sự thiến
- sự thiếnact of removing the testicles
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with castration
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“castration.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/castration. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “castration,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/castration.
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