emasculate

First recorded in 1600–10; from Latin ēmasculātus (past participle of ēmasculāre ), equivalent to ē- “from”+ māscul(us) “male” + -ātus adjective suffix; see origin at e-¹, male, -ate¹

OTHER WORDS FROM emasculate

e·mas·cu·la·tion, noune·mas·cu·la·tive, adjectivee·mas·cu·la·tor, noune·mas·cu·la·to·ry

[ih-mas-kyuh-luh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee], /ɪˈmæs kyə ləˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/, adjective

self-e·mas·cu·la·tion, nounun·e·mas·cu·lat·ed, adjectiveun·e·mas·cu·la·tive, adjectiveun·e·mas·cu·la·to·ry, adjective

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How to use emasculate in a sentence

So as Bennifer make their triumphant return, they’re no longer faced with a narrative in which cold, man-eating Lopez is emasculating and humiliating serious, respectable Affleck.
The Jennifer Lopez-Ben Affleck recoupling is the greatest gossip story we’ve had in years|Constance Grady|August 24, 2021|Vox
America still struggles with the assumption that it’s emasculating for men to be with powerful women — even the jokes about Bill Clinton potentially becoming “first dude” in 2016 are testament to this fact.
Doug Emhoff, wife guy extraordinaire|Anna North|January 22, 2021|Vox
We will see Obama strategically and comically emasculate his political rivals.
Obama Will Weaponize Comedy at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner|Dean Obeidallah|May 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But executives have a lot to do with the larger agenda to emasculate and colonize.
CeeLo and Goodie Mob on Their Comeback, Kanye West’s ‘Emotional Problems,’ More|Marlow Stern|August 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST

And it seemed like Nic was trying to emasculate and castrate this supposedly clichéd action hero.
Ryan Gosling and Nicolas Winding Refn on Sex, Violence & More|Marlow Stern|July 17, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Then, by a curious contrivance, he made the fierce hunter emasculate himself.
Ancient Faiths And Modern|Thomas Inman
This is an invitation to all who can to emasculate themselves.
Is the Morality of Jesus Sound?|M. M. Mangasarian
We should be obliged to emasculate Socialism, to dilute it, in order to win a support of questionable value.
Socialism|John Spargo
And, as with other masculine and muscular females, her progeny are neuter working-females (sterile) and emasculate males (drones).
Feminism and Sex-Extinction|Arabella Kenealy
Among decadent races and savages, the emasculate sons of deteriorate mothers assert their masculine authority otherwise.
Feminism and Sex-Extinction|Arabella Kenealy

British Dictionary definitions for emasculate

emasculate

verb (ɪˈmæskjʊˌleɪt) (tr)

to remove the testicles of; castrate; geld

to deprive of vigour, effectiveness, etc

botany to remove the stamens from (a flower) to prevent self-pollination for the purposes of plant breeding

adjective (ɪˈmæskjʊlɪt, -ˌleɪt)

castrated; gelded

deprived of strength, effectiveness, etc

Derived forms of emasculate

emasculation, nounemasculative or emasculatory, adjectiveemasculator, noun

Word Origin for emasculate

C17: from Latin ēmasculāre, from masculus male; see masculine

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