Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lesbianization

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: les-bian-iza-tion
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act, process or result of lesbianizing.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"She uses the work of Cherrie Moraga, Ester Hernandez, and Marcia Ochoa to talk about cultural productions and the lesbianization of the heterosexual icons of popular culture."
"Such lesbianization is discursively imputed to those flatter organizations which are women-only, and as a result they are routinely constituted as suspect and stigmatized."
"Curiously, this lesbianization of the family is shadowed by a wistful romanticization of the very Chicano patriarch Moraga critiques throughout her book..."

Etymology

From lesbian + -ization.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: lesbian

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

lesbianisation (alternative)

Questions

What does lesbianization mean?: The act, process or result of lesbianizing.
Where does lesbianization come from?: From lesbian + -ization.

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