masculinization

English

Alternative forms

• masculization

Etymology

From masculinize +‎ -ation.

Noun

masculinization (countable and uncountable, plural masculinizations)

1. The act of rendering someone or something masculine.

   Synonym: virilization

   Antonym: feminization

   • 2012, Alan F. Dixson, Primate Sexuality:

     A pseudohermaphroditic infant female rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta) showing masculinization of the external genitalia as a result of exposure to testosterone propionate during foetal development.

Translations

act of making masculine

• Catalan: masculinització f
• French: masculinisation (fr) f
• Galician: masculinización (gl) f
• Georgian: მასკულინიზაცია (masḳulinizacia)
• German: Maskulinisierung f, Vermännlichung f
• Italian: mascolinizzazione f, maschilizzazione (it)
• Polish: maskulinizacja f, umężczyźnienie n
• Portuguese: masculinização f
• Romanian: masculinizare (ro) f
• Spanish: masculinización f