intersexualization

noun

The process of becoming intersex.

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Meanings

nounintersexualization (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe process of becoming intersex.

    I chose these researchers because their work has been influential, and also because of their transdisciplinary collaborations in the process of intersexualization.

    2016, Morgan Holmes, Critical Intersex
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    On the basis of this overall description it would seem that male pseudohermaphrodites fall roughly into two groups: first, those in which failure of gonadal differentiation is responsible for the intersexualization […]

    1959, Samuel Leonard Simpson, Major Endocrine Disorders, page 394

Origin

From intersexual + -ization.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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