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sexualization

[ sek-shoo-uh-lahy-zey-shuhn, or, especially British, seks-yoo- ]

noun

  1. the act of endowing with sexual characteristics, or of excessively emphasizing those characteristics:

    In the real world, the sexualization of girls isn't confined to beauty pageants.

    Parents and other concerned adults have begun grassroots campaigns to counteract sexualization in advertising.

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