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emasculation

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • rhymes with -eɪʃən

1

noun

Meaning 1

The removal of the penis, testicles, and scrotum of (a male person or animal).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The act of depriving of virility, or the state of being so deprived; castration.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The act of depriving, or state of being deprived, of vigour or effectiveness.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • The authoritarian regime oversaw the total emasculation of the country's judiciary.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

neutering a male animal by removing the testicles

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: castration

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: neutering, fixing, altering

5

noun

Meaning 5

loss of power and masculinity

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: effeminacy, effeminateness, sissiness, softness, womanishness, unmanliness

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English emasculate Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English emasculation From emasculate + -ion.

Across languages

Translations

9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: скопяване (skopjavane) — castration
  • Bulgarian: кастриране (kastrirane) — castration
  • Catalan: emasculació — castration
  • French: émasculation — castration
  • German: Entmannung — castration
  • Serbo-Croatian: kastriranje — castration
  • Spanish: emasculación — castration
  • Bulgarian: обезсилване (obezsilvane) — deprived of vigor
  • Spanish: acabado — deprived of vigor