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desex

verb

Etymology

From de- + sex.

  1. derived from *séksus✻
  2. derived from *seksus✻
  3. derived from sexus — “gender; gender traits; males or females; genitals”
  4. derived from sexe — “genitals; gender”
  5. inherited from sexe — “sex 􂀿distinction between male and female􂁀 and gender”
  6. prefixed as desex — “de + sex”

Definitions

  1. To remove another's sexual characteristics or functions, often via physical sterilization.

  2. To desexualize.

    • The Bronski Beat doesn't hint and flirt; it delivers. There's no artsy and safe vagueness behind "Need a Man Blues": […] The group hasn't desexed itself even to make a video.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for desex. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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