Unsex (Verb)
Meaning 1
Deprive of sex or sexual powers.
Classification
Verbs of buying, selling, owning.
Hypernyms
Meaning 2
Remove the qualities typical of one's sex; "She unsexed herself".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Hypernyms
Meaning 3
Make infertile; "in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized".
Classification
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care.
Examples
- The doctor decided to unsex the patient to prevent the passing down of a genetically transmissible disease.
- Lawmakers have been accused of trying to unsex certain groups of the population through radical new policies.
- This operation will unsex the animal, making it unable to reproduce.
- In some countries, the government has the right to unsex a person if they have certain disabilities.
- The new health regulations aim to unsex people with genetically transmissible disabilities unless they adhere to strict protocol.