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self-emas·cu·la·tion | \ ˌself-i-ˌma-skyə-ˈlā-shən 
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\ plural self-emasculations
Definition of self-emasculation
: the act or process of emasculating oneself
One of the most disquieting features of the cult of the Great Mother is the practice of a self-emasculation by a special class of priests, the Galli.— Maria Grazia Lancellotti
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The first known use of self-emasculation was in 1846
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