self-emasculation

noun

self-emas·​cu·​la·​tion ˌself-i-ˌma-skyə-ˈlā-shən 

plural self-emasculations

: the act or process of emasculating oneself

One of the most disquieting features of the cult of the Great Mother is the practice of a self-emasculation by a special class of priests, the Galli.

—Maria Grazia Lancellotti

Word History

First Known Use

1846, in the meaning defined above