castrativeness

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noun

The quality of being castrative.

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Meanings

nouncastrativeness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe quality of being castrative.

    Most of these mothers also had dominating mothers and submissive fathers of their own, and their husbands had also been obedient sons of dominating mothers; in Freudian terms, the castrativeness all around was rather extreme.

    2010, Betty Friedan, The Feminine Mystique, page 289

Origin

From castrative + -ness.

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APA

castrativeness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/castrativeness

MLA

“castrativeness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/castrativeness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “castrativeness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/castrativeness.

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