emasculation
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Definition
- Noun:
- The act of neutering a male animal by removing the testicles: The surgical procedure that renders a male animal incapable of reproduction.
- Loss of power and masculinity: A state or feeling of being deprived of strength, vigor, authority, or traditionally masculine qualities.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- The emasculation of the bull was necessary for farm management. (This refers to the physical neutering of the animal.)
- The constant criticism led to a profound sense of emasculation. (This refers to the psychological feeling of losing power and masculinity.)
Advanced Usage
- Figurative/Literary Use: Often used metaphorically to describe the weakening or undermining of an institution, idea, or nation's power.
- The treaty resulted in the political emasculation of the defeated country.
- In Gender Studies: Used critically to discuss societal pressures that strip men of emotional expression or autonomy.
- The film explores the theme of emasculation in modern corporate culture.
Variants and Related Words
- Emasculate (verb): To deprive of strength, vigor, or effectiveness; to castrate.
- The new regulations threaten to emasculate the authority of local governments.
- Emasculated (adjective): Having been deprived of strength, vigor, or masculinity.
- He felt emasculated by his inability to provide for his family.
Synonyms
- Castration (specifically for the physical act).
- Weakening, enfeeblement, impotence (for the loss of power).
- Demasculinization.
Antonyms
- Empowerment.
- Strengthening.
- Virility.
Related Phrases and Idioms
(Note: There are no common idioms using "emasculation" itself. The concept is often expressed through the verb "emasculate.") - To emasculate someone/something: To make someone or something weaker or less effective. - The revised bill was an emasculated version of the original proposal.
Noun
- neutering a male animal by removing the testicles
- loss of power and masculinity