lesbianization

noun

Etymology

From lesbian + -ization.

  1. derived from Λέσβος
  2. derived from Lesbiana
  3. suffixed as lesbianization — “lesbian + ization

Definitions

  1. The act, process or result of lesbianizing.

    • She uses the work of Cherrie Moraga, Ester Hernandez, and Marcia Ochoa to talk about cultural productions and the lesbianization of the heterosexual icons of popular culture.
    • Such lesbianization is discursively imputed to those flatter organizations which are women-only, and as a result they are routinely constituted as suspect and stigmatized.
    • Curiously, this lesbianization of the family is shadowed by a wistful romanticization of the very Chicano patriarch Moraga critiques throughout her book...

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA