castration
ca·stra·tion
castration · castrations
кастрация
Kastrierung, Hodenentfernung
The act of removing the testiclesThe act of removing the testicles.
/kæˈstɹeɪ.ʃən/
» The exclusion of mathematics from the field of culture is like intellectual castration.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)The act of removing the testicles.
Kastrierung, Hodenentfernung
кастра́цияkastrácija
neutering a male animal by removing the testicles
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)Any act that removes power from a person (particularly a man) or entity.
Examples
2 sentencesThe exclusion of mathematics from the field of culture is like intellectual castration.
Chemical castration could cause cancer.
Translations
8 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
act of removing the testicles:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
act of removing the testicles:
Forms
plural: castrations| Singular | castration |
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regular
Synonyms
3 synonymsClose in meaning
- neutering a male animal by removing the testicles:emasculation
- the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work:expurgation
Word family
18 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable