desexualize
desexualize · desexualizes · desexualized · desexualizing
entsexualisieren
To divest of sexual attributesTo divest of sexual attributes; to render conceptually asexual.
Meaning
1 sensesTo divest of sexual attributes; to render conceptually asexual.
entsexualisieren
More definitions
- direct one's libidinous urges into another direction
- make infertile
Translations
2 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 1
to make conceptually asexual:
Forms
desexualizes, desexualizing, desexualized, desexualized| Base form | desexualize · to desexualize |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | desexualizes |
| Present participle | desexualizing |
| Past simple | desexualized |
| Past participle | desexualized |
regular · Lesson
Synonyms
6 synonymsClose in meaning
- direct one's libidinous urges into another direction:desexualise
- make infertile:sterilizesterilisedesexunsexdesexualisefix
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle