sexualization

English

Alternative forms

• sexualisation (mainly UK)

Etymology

sexual +‎ -ization or sexualize +‎ -ation

Noun

sexualization (countable and uncountable, plural sexualizations)

1. The act or process of sexualizing.
   • 1895, The Century Dictionary page 5538 quoting Classical Rev III pg 395

     We are inclined to doubt Pott's confident assumption that sexualization is a necessary consequence of personification.

Antonyms

• desexualization

Translations

act or process of sexualizing

• Catalan: sexualització f
• Dutch: seksualisering
• French: sexualisation (fr)
• Galician: sexualización f
• German: Sexualisierung f
• Hungarian: szexualizáció
• Italian: sessualizzazione (it) f
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Latvian: seksualizēšana f
• Lithuanian: seksualizacija f, seksualizavimas m
• Portuguese: sexualização (pt) f
• Romanian: sexualizare (ro) f
• Russian: сексуализация (ru) f (seksualizacija)
• Samogitian: seksualėzacėjė f
• Spanish: sexualización f
• Swedish: sexualisering (sv) c
• Turkish: cinselleştirme
• Ukrainian: сексуалізація f (seksualizacija)