masculinization

English

Alternative forms

masculization

Etymology

masculinize +‎ -ation

Noun

masculinization (countable and uncountable, plural masculinizations)

The act of making masculine.
Synonym: virilization

Antonym: feminization
- 2012, Alan F. Dixson, Primate Sexuality:
  A pseudohermaphroditic infant female rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta) showing masculinization of the external genitalia as a result of exposure to testosterone propionate during foetal development.

Translations

act of making masculine

Catalan: masculinització f
French: masculinisation (fr) f
Galician: masculinización (gl) f
Georgian: მასკულინიზაცია (masḳulinizacia)
German: Maskulinisierung f, Vermännlichung f
Italian: mascolinizzazione f, maschilizzazione (it)
Polish: maskulinizacja f, umężczyźnienie n
Portuguese: masculinização f
Romanian: masculinizare (ro) f
Spanish: masculinización f

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