hypersexualize

present singular third person hypersexualizes · participle present hypersexualizing · participle past hypersexualized · past hypersexualized · alternative hypersexualise

1. To make extremely sexual; to accentuate the sexuality of

   Yet even as he stood as a not-so-benign emblem of black power, erotic and otherwise, the hypersexualized black male also became fodder for white exploitation.

   2009 January 18, Manohla Dargis, A. O. Scott, “How the Movies Made a President”, in New York Times

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   […]Gerwig was influenced by directors such as Max Ophüls and Jacques Tati, as if that confers greater legitimacy on a film using IP (intellectual property) to make money for a toy company that sells vacuous, hypersexualised dolls.

   2023 July 19, Caspar Salmon, “Has Barbie killed the indie director? Why credible film-makers are selling out”, in The Guardian, →ISSN