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SEXUALISE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sexualise mean?
• SEXUALISE (verb)
The verb SEXUALISE has 1 sense:
1. make sexual, endow with sex, attribute sex to
Familiarity information: SEXUALISE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they sexualise ... he / she / it sexualises
Past simple: sexualised
Past participle: sexualised
-ing form: sexualising
... he / she / it sexualises Past simple: sexualised
Past participle: sexualised
-ing form: sexualising
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make sexual, endow with sex, attribute sex to
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
sexualise; sexualize
Context example:
Some languages sexualize all nouns and do not have a neuter gender
Hypernyms (to "sexualise" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
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