defeminize|defeminized|defeminizes|defeminizing in English
verb defeminize (Amer.)
negate femininity, remove feminine characteristics; remove ovaries of female mammals (also defeminise)
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1. Addressing both patients and therapists, Orbach cites cases of Anorectics of all ages and personalities to demonstrate that the defeminizing of their bodies through anorexia is an unconscious attempt to deal with the contrasting roles of sex object, super-mom and career woman that society expects them to play.