desexingn.

Brit.

/ˌdiːˈsɛksɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˌdiˈsɛksɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: de- prefix, sex n.¹, -ing suffix¹; desex v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: Partly (originally) < de- prefix + sex n.¹ + -ing suffix¹, and partly (in later use) < desex v. + -ing suffix¹. Compare earlier desexualization n., and later desexualizing n.

The action of desex v. (in various senses). Also: an instance of this.

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1890 Manch. Guardian 25 Apr. 5/6 The process which is known in the Civil Service as ‘de-sexing’ is..to be extensively applied to the savings bank establishment... Seventy female clerks are almost immediately to be added.

1913 Votes for Men 67 ‘Votes for women’ means not only casting a vote at the polls, it means rather, the final word in the de-sexing of women begun by woman's invasion [printed inasion] of the industrial world.

1928 Sci. News Let. 13 22/2 Desexing of murderers, burglars, and low-grade morons..was advocated.

1982 Current Anthropol. 23 352/2 Such attitudes..reflect a desexing, even depersonalizing, of older persons.

1994 Daily Mail (Nexis) 19 Dec. 20 She is sad at what she perceives to be the needless de-sexing of Wrens. The newer women members of the Navy, she says, seem to be taking equality so far that they are even behaving like men.

2010 J. Court et al. Sheep Farming for Meat & Wool ix. 273 Early desexing prevents roaming in males and the problem of bitches coming on heat.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	desexing
释义	desexingn. Brit. /ˌdiːˈsɛksɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌdiˈsɛksɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: de- prefix, sex n.¹, -ing suffix¹; desex v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: Partly (originally) < de- prefix + sex n.¹ + -ing suffix¹, and partly (in later use) < desex v. + -ing suffix¹. Compare earlier desexualization n., and later desexualizing n. The action of desex v. (in various senses). Also: an instance of this. ΚΠ 1890 Manch. Guardian 25 Apr. 5/6 The process which is known in the Civil Service as ‘de-sexing’ is..to be extensively applied to the savings bank establishment... Seventy female clerks are almost immediately to be added. 1913 Votes for Men 67 ‘Votes for women’ means not only casting a vote at the polls, it means rather, the final word in the de-sexing of women begun by woman's invasion [printed inasion] of the industrial world. 1928 Sci. News Let. 13 22/2 Desexing of murderers, burglars, and low-grade morons..was advocated. 1982 Current Anthropol. 23 352/2 Such attitudes..reflect a desexing, even depersonalizing, of older persons. 1994 Daily Mail (Nexis) 19 Dec. 20 She is sad at what she perceives to be the needless de-sexing of Wrens. The newer women members of the Navy, she says, seem to be taking equality so far that they are even behaving like men. 2010 J. Court et al. Sheep Farming for Meat & Wool ix. 273 Early desexing prevents roaming in males and the problem of bitches coming on heat. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1890
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