masculinize
Americanverb (used with object)
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Medicine/Medical. to produce certain male secondary sex characteristics in (a female).
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to make masculine in character, quality, or appearance.
The presence of two large leather sofas seemed to masculinize the whole room.
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masculinizesimple
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masculinizessimple
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have masculinizedperfect
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has masculinizedperfect
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am masculinizingprogressive
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are masculinizingprogressive
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is masculinizingprogressive
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have been masculinizingperfect progressive
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has been masculinizingperfect progressive
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masculinizedsimple
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had masculinizedperfect
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was masculinizingprogressive
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were masculinizingprogressive
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had been masculinizingperfect progressive
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In these conditions, the androgens cannot masculinize the brain or the body, despite the XY genetic makeup.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 27, 2013
Puzzling as it may seem, moreover, low levels of estrogen feminize the brain, whereas high levels masculinize it.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 26, 2013
And some of that is then changed into estradiol, which goes on to masculinize the brain.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 26, 2013
According to some experimenters, the presence of the male hormone testosterone in the fetus may "masculinize" the brain, organizing the fetal nerve centers in characteristic ways.
From Time Magazine Archive
V. masculinize Adj. male, he-, masculine; manly, virile; unwomanly, unfeminine.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark
"The study highlights for the first time the association between fetal testosterone and autistic traits and indicates that fetal testosterone not only masculinizes the body; it masculinizes the mind," he says.
From Time Magazine Archive
For example, females born in litters with many males become masculinized, likely from the high testosterone levels in the mother’s uterus.
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2024
“Some of their behaviors are heavily masculinized, and others are not.”
From National Geographic ● Feb. 8, 2024
Losty pinned the lack of progress in mental health on the masculinized nature of the industry, and da Silva said the topic is still “taboo” in racing.
From Seattle Times ● May 23, 2023
But, because hormones surge dramatically at puberty, their genitals become masculinized, and they develop male-typical characteristics, including a penis, deep voice, male-pattern public hair and male-typed muscle mass.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 29, 2018
The old world is a world masculinized; a world of rugged, brawny, male muscularity, but slightly and partially softened by feminine touch.
From A New Atmosphere by Hamilton, Gail
For masculinizing gender reassignment, it was 21.16% of patients before and 54.5% after.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
I’m 27 and nonbinary, and I’ve been on masculinizing HRT for about a year now.
From Slate ● Mar. 11, 2021
Paradoxical though it may seem, estradiol, a female hormone, is crucial for the masculinizing development.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 26, 2013
“Steroids” in this Washington Post report refers to anabolic androgenic steroids — “anabolic” means muscle-building and “androgenic” means masculinizing.
From Washington Post
Dr. Huggins has helped to make variants of the natural hormones, substances that have little or no feminizing effect on men or masculinizing effect on women.
From Time Magazine Archive
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