SEXUALIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sexualize mean? 

• SEXUALIZE (verb)
  The verb SEXUALIZE has 1 sense:

1. make sexual, endow with sex, attribute sex to

  Familiarity information: SEXUALIZE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEXUALIZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they sexualize    ... he / she / it sexualizes   
Past simple: sexualized   
Past participle: sexualized   
-ing form: sexualizing   

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 "sexualize" 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