emasculation

• 名词，指剥夺男性男性角色或男性身份的行为或过程，也指手术切除睾丸。

A noun referring to the act or process of depriving a male of his male role or identity, or the surgical removal of the testicles.

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1. Loss of power or masculinityC1formal

   The act or process of depriving a man of his male role, identity, or sense of power and strength.

   去势

   • The constant criticism led to a feeling of emasculation.
   • He saw the demotion as a form of professional emasculation.
   • The character's emasculation was a central theme in the novel.

   同义词castration

   反义词empowermentmasculinizationvirilization

2. Castration of an animalC1formal

   The surgical removal of the testicles of a male animal, typically to make it infertile or more docile.

   动物去势

   • The veterinarian performed the emasculation of the young stallion.
   • Emasculation is a common practice for domestic livestock.
   • The procedure for emasculation is quick and routine.

   同义词castrationgeldingneuteringorchiectomy