intersexualization

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

intersexual +‎ -ization

Noun[edit]

intersexualization (uncountable)

  1. The process of becoming intersex.
    • 1959, Samuel Leonard Simpson, Major Endocrine Disorders, page 394:
      On the basis of this overall description it would seem that male pseudohermaphrodites fall roughly into two groups: first, those in which failure of gonadal differentiation is responsible for the intersexualization []
    • 2016, Morgan Holmes, Critical Intersex:
      I chose these researchers because their work has been influential, and also because of their transdisciplinary collaborations in the process of intersexualization.