emasculationn.
/ɪˌmaskjuːˈleɪʃən/ 1. The action or process of depriving of virility; the state of impotence.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > infertility > [noun] > castration
libbing1396
geldinga1398
castrationc1420
eviration1603
eunuchism1620
emasculation1623
evirating1657
mutilation1728
orchotomy1753
eunuchry1864
orchidectomy1870
asexualization1888
orchidotomy1892
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. ii A Gelding of a man, emasculation.
1721–1800 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Emasculation, a Gelding, Unmanning, or making Effeminate.
1850 G. Grote Hist. Greece VIII. ii. lxii. 21 Tying down the patient while the process of emasculation was being consummated.
2. figurative. The depriving of force, vigour, or manliness; making weak or effeminate; prudish expurgation of a literary work.
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society > communication > printing > publishing > publisher > [noun] > censor > expurgation of literary work
emasculation1654
censorship1827
1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot i. vi. 22 The emasculations were some Scotch mans.
1808 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) II. 393 As for his emasculations, they must be submitted to.
1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 12 Oct. 1 Centuries of emasculation and oppression under foreign and domestic tyranny.
1886 J. W. Ebsworth in Roxburghe Ballads (1886) VI. 198 This emasculation looks like the notorious Lady Wardlaw's handiwork.
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