castration
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treɪt verb (used with object)
1.
to remove the testes of; emasculate; geld.
2.
to remove the ovaries of.
3.
Psychology. to render impotent, literally or metaphorically, by psychological means, especially by threatening a person's masculinity or femininity.
4.
to deprive of strength, power, or efficiency; weaken: Without those ten new submarines, our navy will be castrated.
noun
5.
a castrated person or animal.
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Origin:
1605–15; < Latin castrātus past participle of castrāre to geld, equivalent to castr- geld + -ātus -ate1
1605–15; < Latin castrātus past participle of castrāre to geld, equivalent to castr- geld + -ātus -ate1
Related forms
cas·tra·tion, noun
cas·tra·tor, noun
un·cas·trat·ed, adjective
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castrate (kæˈstreɪt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to remove the testicles of; emasculate; geld |
| 2. | to deprive of vigour, masculinity, etc |
| 3. | to remove the ovaries of; spay |
| 4. | to expurgate or censor (a book, play, etc) |
| [C17: from Latin castrāre to emasculate, geld] | |
| cas'tration | |
| —n | |
| cas'trator | |
| —n | |
| castrate (kæˈstreɪt) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to remove the testicles of; emasculate; geld |
| 2. | to deprive of vigour, masculinity, etc |
| 3. | to remove the ovaries of; spay |
| 4. | to expurgate or censor (a book, play, etc) |
| [C17: from Latin castrāre to emasculate, geld] | |
| cas'tration | |
| —n | |
| cas'trator | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
castration
c.1420, from L. castrationem, agent noun of castrare "to castrate, prune," related to *castrum "knife," from PIE base *kes- "to cut." Hence castrato (pl. castrati), borrowed 1763 from the It. form of the word. Freud's castration complex is 1914 in Eng.
castrate
1613, from castration (q.v.). The fig. sense is attested earlier (1554). Castrated is recorded from 1613.
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Medical Dictionary
castrate cas·trate (kās'trāt')
v. cas·trat·ed, cas·trat·ing, cas·trates
To remove the testicles of a male; emasculate.
To remove the ovaries of a female; spay.
castration cas·tra·tion (kā-strā'shən)
n.
Removal of the testicles or ovaries; sterilization.
A psychological disorder that is manifested in the female as the fantasized loss of the penis or in the male as fear of its actual loss.
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Example sentences
Castration would certainly ensure a full head of hair for life.
Chemical castration and feminization of males do not occur under natural conditions.
It was difficult to discern whether his suggestions for chemical castration and selective breeding were tongue in cheek.
To many outsiders the country seemed numb, the subject of a kind of moral castration.
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