EMASCULATION Synonyms: 20 Similar and Opposite Words

emasculation

noun

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as in femininity

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Recent Examples of emasculation Hitler and his cronies characterized this as a national emasculation destined to be avenged with a Third Reich that would last a thousand years. — Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2025

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Noun

Her full-on embrace of a femininity that was simultaneously flamboyant and unapologetic was always a conscious move.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2026
Producer Oliaee goes on to expand this theory, positing that Parton’s decision to embrace conventional femininity has in part inspired third-wave feminism through fandom.

— Becca James, Vulture, 25 Aug. 2026

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Laura Moriarty explores the stages of womanhood in a story set in Florida at the start of the Cold War.

— Monitor reviewers, Christian Science Monitor, 21 Aug. 2026
This set of interlocking monologues of Black womanhood speaks vividly and fully the the richness of Black women’s experience.

— Anne E. Fernald, Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of womanhood

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