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sexualization

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The act or process of sexualizing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: desexualization

History

Etymology

From sexual + -ization or sexualize + -ation.

Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: sexualització — act or process of sexualizing
  • Dutch: seksualisering — act or process of sexualizing
  • French: sexualisation — act or process of sexualizing
  • Galician: sexualización — act or process of sexualizing
  • German: Sexualisierung — act or process of sexualizing
  • Greek: σεξουαλικοποίηση (sexoualikopoíisi) — act or process of sexualizing
  • Hungarian: szexualizáció — act or process of sexualizing
  • Italian: sessualizzazione — act or process of sexualizing
  • Latvian: seksualizēšana — act or process of sexualizing
  • Lithuanian: seksualizacija — act or process of sexualizing
  • Lithuanian: seksualizavimas — act or process of sexualizing
  • Portuguese: sexualização — act or process of sexualizing
  • Romanian: sexualizare — act or process of sexualizing
  • Russian: сексуализация (seksualizacija) — act or process of sexualizing
  • Samogitian: seksualėzacėjė — act or process of sexualizing
  • Spanish: sexualización — act or process of sexualizing
  • Swedish: sexualisering — act or process of sexualizing
  • Turkish: cinselleştirme — act or process of sexualizing
  • Ukrainian: сексуалізація (seksualizacija) — act or process of sexualizing