hermaphroditize

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verb

To make hermaphrodite.

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Meanings

verbhermaphroditize (third-person singular simple present hermaphroditizes, present participle hermaphroditizing, simple past and past participle hermaphroditized)

present singular third person hermaphroditizes · participle present hermaphroditizing · participle past hermaphroditized · past hermaphroditized

  1. transitiveTo make hermaphrodite.

    Some of them are known to masculinize or hermaphroditize the external genitalia of the female.

    1972, John Money, Anke A. Ehrhardt, Man & Woman, Boy & Girl: The Differentiation and Dimorphism of Gender Identity from Conception to Maturity, page 58
    1 more example

    Male Romantic poets hermaphroditize themselves "to seize the Delphic powers of feminine receptivity," but a female artist in this tradition, "sexually advantaged by birth, must extend her imperial reach in the other direction, […]

    1997, Tom Winnifrith, Critical Essays on Emily Brontë, page 259

Origin

From hermaphrodite + -ize.

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APA

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

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

Chicago

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