Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun emasculation

2 senses of emasculation

Sense 1
emasculation -- (loss of power and masculinity)
       => effeminacy, effeminateness, sissiness, softness, womanishness, unmanliness -- (the trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man); "the students associated science with masculinity and arts with effeminacy"; "Spartans accused Athenians of effeminateness"; "he was shocked by the softness of the atmosphere surrounding the young prince, arising from the superfluity of the femininity that guided him")

Sense 2
castration, emasculation -- (neutering a male animal by removing the testicles)
       => neutering, fixing, altering -- (the sterilization of an animal; "they took him to the vet for neutering")

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