emasculation
NounSynonyms:
castration
Open English WordNet
Noun (2)
- loss of power and masculinityType of effeminacy, effeminateness
- neutering a male animal by removing the testiclesSynonyms: castrationType of neutering, fixing
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
e·mas′cu·la′tion noun
1. The act of depriving of virility, or the state of being so deprived; castration.
2. The act of depriving, or state of being deprived, of vigor or strength; unmanly weakness.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54