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masculinization

American  
[mas-kyuh-lin-iz-ay-shuhn] / ˌmæs kjə lɪn ɪzˈeɪ ʃən /

noun

  1. the process or result of masculinizing.


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Wright, a transgender man, has chronicled his medical journey online, flexing and dancing to show how his body transformed after a masculinization procedure he nicknamed “Dorito chip” for the way it altered his shape.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 18, 2024

“It’s basically about the masculinization of men, instead of the emasculation of men,” Mr. Sorbo told The Times.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 14, 2023

She remains vanishingly thin from the eating disorder she developed during her service, an attempt to counter the masculinization of her body from the intense physical drills.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 10, 2022

You talked about that masculinization of a whole condition, but that's just a replication of the masculinization of the whole world.

From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2022

The persistence of the thymus after adolescence makes for an arrest of masculinization or feminization, the end-point arrived at by the processes of puberty.

From The Glands Regulating Personality by Louis Berman M.D.

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