What is another word for castration?

Pronunciation: [kastɹˈe͡ɪʃən] (IPA)

Castration, the act of removing or inhibiting the reproductive organs of male animals, is a controversial topic with many synonyms that can be used to describe the process. Some of these synonyms include emasculation, de-sexing, gelding, sterilization, neutering, and orchidectomy. Although all these terms refer to the same procedure of removing the testicles, each word can hold different connotations, depending on the context in which they are used. For instance, the term emasculation implies a loss of masculinity, while de-sexing suggests a less clinical approach. Regardless of the synonym used, the process of castration is generally intended to control reproduction or aggression among male animals and can have medical, social, or cultural implications.

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Usage examples for Castration

But as an experimental operation, castration seems to hold the primary position in the annals of surgery.
"The Glands Regulating Personality"
Louis Berman, M.D.
Among them castration is a religious ritual.
"The Glands Regulating Personality"
Louis Berman, M.D.
He decided that he was inspired to spread the gospel of castration.
"The Glands Regulating Personality"
Louis Berman, M.D.

Famous quotes with Castration

  • turns control of the host into a fine art. After castration by the parasite, male crabs develop female characteristics in both anatomy and behavior, while females become even more feminized. The emerging externa then takes the same form and position as the crab's own egg mass... The crabs then treat the externa as their own brood. In other words, the parasite usurps all the complex care normally invested in the crab's own progeny.
    Stephen Jay Gould
  • You want to be yourself, idiosyncratic; the collective (school, rules, jobs, technology) wants you generic to the point of castration.
    Nassim Nicholas Taleb
  • Most observers of the French Revolution, especially the clever and noble ones, have explained it as a life-threatening and contagious illness. They have remained standing with the symptoms and have interpreted these in manifold and contrary ways. Some have regarded it as a merely local ill. The most ingenious opponents have pressed for castration. They well noticed that this alleged illness is nothing other than the crisis of beginning puberty.
    Novalis

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