desexualize

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verb

To divest of sexual attributes; to render conceptually asexual.

Similar
desexualisesterilizesterilisedesexunsexfix
OriginEnglish sexualize ← Latin sexuālis ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? →
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Meanings

verbdesexualize (third-person singular simple present desexualizes, present participle desexualizing, simple past and past participle desexualized)

present singular third person desexualizes · participle present desexualizing · participle past desexualized · past desexualized

  1. transitiveTo divest of sexual attributes; to render conceptually asexual.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbdirect one's libidinous urges into another direction

Similar
desexualise
Broader
sublimate

verbmake infertile

Similar
sterilizesterilisedesexunsexdesexualisefix
Broader
operate onoperate
Also see
desexfixsterilizeunsex

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. Proto-Indo-European*sek-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*séks-u-s
  9. Proto-Italic*seksus
  10. Proto-Indo-European*sek-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*sékh₁yeti
  12. Proto-Italic*sekaō
  13. Latinsecō
  14. Latinsecāre?
  15. Latinsexus
  16. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  18. Latinsexuālis
  19. Englishsexual
  20. Englishsexualize
  21. Englishdesexualize

From de- + sexualize.

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Translations

German entsexualisieren
  • entsexualisierento make conceptually asexual
Portuguese dessexualizar
  • dessexualizarto make conceptually asexual
Swedish avsexualisera
  • avsexualiserato make conceptually asexual
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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