femalization

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

female +‎ -ization

Noun[edit]

femalization (usually uncountable, plural femalizations)

  1. (rare) feminization; a making female
    • 1896, The Child-study Monthly, volume 2, page 126:
      This “femalization” of education becomes still more pronounced by the preponderance of women teachers []

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