sexualize

American

[sek-shoo-uh-lahyz, seks-yoo-] / ˈsɛk ʃu əˌlaɪz, ˈsɛks ju- /

especially British, sexualise

verb (used with object)

sexualized, sexualizing

to render sexual; endow with sexual characteristics.

sexualize British

/ ˈsɛksjʊəˌlaɪz /

verb

to make or become sexual or sexually aware
to give or acquire sexual associations

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Other Word Forms

sexualization

noun

Etymology

Origin of sexualize

First recorded in 1830–40; sexual + -ize

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