EMASCULATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does emasculation mean? 

• EMASCULATION (noun)
  The noun EMASCULATION has 2 senses:

1. loss of power and masculinity

2. neutering a male animal by removing the testicles

  Familiarity information: EMASCULATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EMASCULATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Loss of power and masculinity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("emasculation" is a kind of...):

effeminacy; effeminateness; sissiness; softness; unmanliness; womanishness (the trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man))

Derivation:

emasculate (deprive of strength or vigor)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Neutering a male animal by removing the testicles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

castration; emasculation

Hypernyms ("emasculation" is a kind of...):

altering; fixing; neutering (the sterilization of an animal)

Derivation:

emasculate (remove the testicles of a male animal)