What part of speech is castration?

Castration can be categorized as a noun.

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Parts of speech

Inflections

Noun

What does castration mean?

Definitions

Noun

castration - neutering a male animal by removing the testicles
castration - surgical removal of the testes or ovaries (usually to inhibit hormone secretion in cases of breast cancer in women or prostate cancer in men); "bilateral castration results in sterilization"
castration - the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work

Examples of castration

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1. noun Bilateral castration results in sterilization.
2. noun The aim of jazz is the mechanical reproduction of a regressive moment, a castration symbolism. 'Give up your masculinity, let yourself be castrated,' the eunuchlike sound of the jazz band both mocks and proclaims, 'and you will be rewarded, accepted into a fraternity which shares the mystery of impotence with you, a mystery revealed at the moment of the initiation rite.
3. noun The exclusion of mathematics from the field of culture is like intellectual castration.
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noun
Bilateral castration results in sterilization.
The aim of jazz is the mechanical reproduction of a regressive moment, a castration symbolism. 'Give up your masculinity, let yourself be castrated,' the eunuchlike sound of the jazz band both mocks and proclaims, 'and you will be rewarded, accepted into a fraternity which shares the mystery of impotence with you, a mystery revealed at the moment of the initiation rite.
The exclusion of mathematics from the field of culture is like intellectual castration.

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