Demasculation vs. Emasculation

Demasculationnoun

The subtraction of somebody’s masculinity; the process of demasculating somebody.

Emasculationnoun

(medicine) The removal of the penis, testicles, and scrotum of (a male person or animal).

Emasculationnoun

The act of depriving of virility, or the state of being so deprived; castration.

Emasculationnoun

The act of depriving, or state of being deprived, of vigour or effectiveness.

‘The authoritarian regime oversaw the total emasculation of the country's judiciary.’;

Emasculationnoun

The act of depriving of virility, or the state of being so deprived; castration.

Emasculationnoun

The act of depriving, or state of being deprived, of vigor or strength; unmanly weakness.

Emasculationnoun

loss of power and masculinity

Emasculationnoun

neutering a male animal by removing the testicles

Emasculation

Emasculation is the removal of both the penis and the testicles, the external male sex organs. It differs from castration, which is the removal of the testicles only, although the terms are sometimes used interchangeably.