desexualise

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A form of desexualize — To divest of sexual attributes; to render conceptually asexual.

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desexualizesterilizesterilisedesexunsexfix
OriginEnglish sexualise ← Latin dē- ← Proto-Italic *dē →
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Meanings

verbdesexualise (third-person singular simple present desexualises, present participle desexualising, simple past and past participle desexualised)

present singular third person desexualises · participle present desexualising · participle past desexualised · past desexualised

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of desexualize.

    Her pregnancy was obvious, but this did not desexualise her in his eyes; she was a very beautiful woman, wearing a large green silk salwar kameez that brought out the fairness of her skin and the darkness of her hair.

    2023, V.V. Ganeshananthan, Brotherless Night, Viking, pages 295-296

Synonyms & antonyms

verbdirect one's libidinous urges into another direction

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desexualize
Broader
sublimate

verbmake infertile

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sterilizesterilisedesexunsexdesexualizefix
Broader
operate onoperate
Also see
desexdesexualizefixsterilizeunsex

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Englishsexualise
  8. Englishdesexualise

From de- + sexualise.

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APA

desexualise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/desexualise

MLA

“desexualise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/desexualise. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “desexualise,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/desexualise.

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