sexualize

/'seksjuəlaiz/ Cách viết khác : (sexualise) /'seksjuəlaiz/

Thân thiện

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To make something sexual in character or quality: To attribute or introduce sexual aspects, connotations, or interpretations to something that may not inherently have them.
   • To endow with sex or a gender: To assign a sex or grammatical gender to something, often in a linguistic or conceptual context.

Usage and Examples

• Verb:
  • Advertisers often sexualize their models to sell products. (They give the models a sexual character or appeal to attract attention.)
  • The study argues that society tends to sexualize young performers. (It claims society imposes a sexual interpretation on the performers' images.)
  • Some languages sexualize all nouns, classifying them as masculine or feminine. (These languages endow all nouns with a grammatical gender.)

Advanced Usage and Nuances

• Conceptual Sexualization: Refers to the process of viewing or portraying a person, relationship, or object primarily in terms of sexual attributes or functions.
  • The documentary critiques how media sexualizes female athletes, focusing on their looks over their athletic skill.
• Linguistic Sexualization: In grammar, it means to assign a gender.
  • The ancient poet sexualized the abstract concept of wisdom, portraying it as a goddess.

Variants and Related Words

• Sexualization (noun): The process or result of making something sexual.
  • The sexualization of childhood in popular culture is a concern for many parents.
• Sexualise (verb): British English spelling variant of 'sexualize'.
• Desexualize (verb): The opposite action; to remove sexual character or connotations from something.

Synonyms

• Eroticize: To give an erotic quality to.
• Gender (as a verb in linguistic contexts): To assign a gender to.

Antonyms

• Desexualize: To strip of sexual character.
• Neuter (in linguistic contexts): To make gender-neutral.

Related Phrases and Concepts

• "To sexualize an image": To alter or present an image so it emphasizes sexuality.
  • The photographer was accused of sexualizing the innocent portrait.
• "Grammatical sexualization": The assignment of grammatical gender (e.g., masculine, feminine) to words.
  • Unlike English, French and Spanish sexuallyize their nouns.

Học thuật

Verb

1. make sexual, endow with sex, attribute sex to
   • The god was sexualized and married to another god
   • Some languages sexualize all nouns and do not have a neuter gender

Từ đồng nghĩa

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