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