Usually means: Removing or reducing sexual characteristics.
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  1. desexualization: Merriam-Webster
  2. desexualization: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. desexualization: Collins English Dictionary
  4. desexualization: Wiktionary
  5. desexualization: Dictionary.com
  6. Desexualization: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. desexualization: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. desexualization: Encyclopedia

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  1. desexualization: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

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▸ noun:  The act or process of desexualizing.

Similar:
desocialization, desensitization, dephysicalization, desensitisation, desecularization, dehumanization, decasualization, deculturalization, deglamorization, deindividualization, more...

Opposite:
sexualization, eroticization, sensualization

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Similar:
desocialization, desensitization, dephysicalization, desensitisation, desecularization, dehumanization, decasualization, deculturalization, deglamorization, deindividualization, more...

Opposite:
sexualization, eroticization, sensualization



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