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desex

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[dee-seks] / diˈsɛks /

verb (used with object)

  1. Veterinary Surgery. to castrate or spay.

  2. to deprive of sex, sex appeal, or sexual interest.

  3. to remove elements of sexism from; degenderize.

    a campaign to desex business writing.

Etymology

Origin of desex

First recorded in 1910–15; de- + sex

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