sexualize

• Verbe désignant l'action de donner un caractère sexuel à quelque chose ou d'attribuer des qualités sexuelles à une personne, un objet ou une situation.

A verb used to indicate the act of making something sexual in nature or attributing sexual qualities to something.

1. Make sexualC1formal

   To make something sexual in nature or character; to attribute sexual qualities to something.

   sexualiser

   • The media often sexualizes young celebrities.
   • Some advertisements sexualize products to attract attention.
   • The film was criticized for sexualizing its characters unnecessarily.

   Synonymeseroticizesexualise

2. Endow with sexC2formal

   To attribute a gender or sexual identity to something that may not inherently have one.

   doter d'un sexe

   • In some cultures, people sexualize inanimate objects like ships or cars.
   • The artist sexualized the abstract form by giving it human features.
   • Linguists note how languages sexualize nouns through gendered articles.

   Synonymesgendersex