What does eviration mean?
Eviration means (now rare, historical) Emasculation; effeminacy..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(now rare, historical) Emasculation; effeminacy..
Essentially, then, it was the fear of “eviration,” rather than any overt hostility to women, that excited Rousseauian passions.
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Eviration means (now rare, historical) Emasculation; effeminacy..
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Essentially, then, it was the fear of “eviration,” rather than any overt hostility to women, that excited Rousseauian passions.
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