castration — ozdic

Definitions

noun

1

The act of removing the testicles.

Castration of bulls was a socialization process that turned a bull into an ox; in this transformation something wild became something very useful; nature became culture.

The harlots' harmony echos within our cave of castration Accenting the weeps from the men remade as women; stripped of their appendages Probed and beaten A cult of deviant savages seducing bastards in the darkness

2

Any act that removes power from a person (particularly a man) or entity.

Collocations

3

ADJ.

chemical, intellectual

VERB + CASTRATION

cave, like

CASTRATION + NOUN

bulls, cancer

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work

expurgation

noun — neutering a male animal by removing the testicles

emasculation

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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01

Castration of bulls was a socialization process that turned a bull into an ox; in this transformation something wild became something very useful; nature became culture.

Wiktionary

02

The harlots' harmony echos within our cave of castration Accenting the weeps from the men remade as women; stripped of their appendages Probed and beaten A cult of deviant savages seducing bastards in

Wiktionary

03

The exclusion of mathematics from the field of culture is like intellectual castration.

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04

Chemical castration could cause cancer.

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Usage Notes

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In some senses, castration is marked as figuratively. Watch for register when choosing this word.