desexualise


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desexualise


Past participle: desexualised
Gerund: desexualising

Imperative
desexualise
desexualise
Present
I desexualise
you desexualise
he/she/it desexualises
we desexualise
you desexualise
they desexualise
Preterite
I desexualised
you desexualised
he/she/it desexualised
we desexualised
you desexualised
they desexualised
Present Continuous
I am desexualising
you are desexualising
he/she/it is desexualising
we are desexualising
you are desexualising
they are desexualising
Present Perfect
I have desexualised
you have desexualised
he/she/it has desexualised
we have desexualised
you have desexualised
they have desexualised
Past Continuous
I was desexualising
you were desexualising
he/she/it was desexualising
we were desexualising
you were desexualising
they were desexualising
Past Perfect
I had desexualised
you had desexualised
he/she/it had desexualised
we had desexualised
you had desexualised
they had desexualised
Future
I will desexualise
you will desexualise
he/she/it will desexualise
we will desexualise
you will desexualise
they will desexualise
Future Perfect
I will have desexualised
you will have desexualised
he/she/it will have desexualised
we will have desexualised
you will have desexualised
they will have desexualised
Future Continuous
I will be desexualising
you will be desexualising
he/she/it will be desexualising
we will be desexualising
you will be desexualising
they will be desexualising
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been desexualising
you have been desexualising
he/she/it has been desexualising
we have been desexualising
you have been desexualising
they have been desexualising
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been desexualising
you will have been desexualising
he/she/it will have been desexualising
we will have been desexualising
you will have been desexualising
they will have been desexualising
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been desexualising
you had been desexualising
he/she/it had been desexualising
we had been desexualising
you had been desexualising
they had been desexualising
Conditional
I would desexualise
you would desexualise
he/she/it would desexualise
we would desexualise
you would desexualise
they would desexualise
Past Conditional
I would have desexualised
you would have desexualised
he/she/it would have desexualised
we would have desexualised
you would have desexualised
they would have desexualised
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.desexualise - direct one's libidinous urges into another direction
sublimate - direct energy or urges into useful activities
2.desexualise - make infertile; "in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized"
neuter, spay, castrate, alter - remove the ovaries of; "Is your cat spayed?"
demasculinise, demasculinize, emasculate, castrate - remove the testicles of a male animal
vasectomise, vasectomize - remove the vas deferens; "many men choose to be vasectomized as a form of safe birth control"
operate on, operate - perform surgery on; "The doctors operated on the patient but failed to save his life"
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The idea is that the photographs will help normalise and desexualise breasts, and help women reclaim the vocabulary surrounding them, so they can be confident in describing what normal breasts feel like - and therefore what they feel like when there may be a problem.
En 1923 Freud montre que l'Eros, comme facteur culturel, a agi dans deux directions (2): (1) l'amour sexue pour la femme, avec toutes les obligations qui en decoulent et (2) l'amour homosexuel pour un autre homme, desexualise et sur le mode sublime (qui se rattachait au travail en commun).
Some pageants in France have already made an effort to "desexualise" their competitions, including banning make-up, swimsuits and anything else considered inappropriate for the girl's ages, such as high heels.