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emasculation

NOUN
castration
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NOUN
weakness
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“It’s basically about the masculinization of men, instead of the emasculation of men,” Mr. Sorbo told The Washington Times.

From Washington Times Sep. 7, 2023

That means there’s still time to save the Office of Congressional Ethics from emasculation.

From Washington Post Jan. 8, 2023

After being brought low, Affleck’s persona has been infused with a humanizing appeal, as the sad Ben Affleck figure conveys a universal angst spiked with a strangely appealing emasculation.

From New York Times Mar. 30, 2022

Interestingly, at least one study last year suggested that this aversion was related to fear of emasculation.

From Salon May 13, 2021

Social problems are discreetly shelved by Acts of Parliament, and the facts of life delicately obscured by a literature unique in its emasculation.

From The Sacred Egoism of Sinn Féin by Boyd, Ernest Augustus



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