"desexualize" meaning in English

See desexualize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: desexualizes [present, singular, third-person], desexualizing [participle, present], desexualized [participle, past], desexualized [past]
Etymology: From de- + sexualize. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|de|sexualize}} de- + sexualize Head templates: {{en-verb}} desexualize (third-person singular simple present desexualizes, present participle desexualizing, simple past and past participle desexualized)
  1. (transitive) To divest of sexual attributes; to render conceptually asexual. Tags: transitive Derived forms: desexualization Translations (to make conceptually asexual): entsexualisieren (German), dessexualizar (Portuguese), avsexualisera (Swedish)

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