Usually means: Development of male physical characteristics.
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  1. virilisation: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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▸ noun:  Alternative form of virilization [The development of sex characteristics that are typically found in men.]

Similar:
hypermasculinisation, genderisation, homosexualisation, muscularisation, androgony, mesenchymalisation, singularisation, humanisation, inferiorisation, phenotypisation, more...

Opposite:
feminization, demasculinization

Types:
masculinisation, emasculation, more...

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Similar:
hypermasculinisation, genderisation, homosexualisation, muscularisation, androgony, mesenchymalisation, singularisation, humanisation, inferiorisation, phenotypisation, more...

Opposite:
feminization, demasculinization

Types:
masculinisation, emasculation, more...



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