sexualize
verb
sex·u·al·ize
ˈsek-sh(ə-)wə-ˌlīz 
ˈsek-shə-ˌlīz
sexualized; sexualizing
: to make sexual : endow with a sexual character or cast
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The fashion house was widely boycotted for a 2022 holiday advertisement that many deemed to be sexualizing children.
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Caroline Thayer, Fox News, 14 Oct. 2024
The tide of underaged artists being shuffled into adult situations, sexualized by industry elders, granted access to drugs and alcohol, and dropped when the financial returns diminish has continued unabated for years.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2024
Like Brenda, she was judged by ridiculously hypocritical double standards, sexualized and then demonized for it.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 14 July 2024
This is something intrinsically meaningful for her, in terms of its accessibility to women, the beauty, the elegance, the way of creating beautiful grace, inspired by Southern hospitality, without being overly sexualized.
—Jean E. Palmieri, WWD, 28 Oct. 2024
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Caroline Thayer, Fox News, 14 Oct. 2024
The tide of underaged artists being shuffled into adult situations, sexualized by industry elders, granted access to drugs and alcohol, and dropped when the financial returns diminish has continued unabated for years.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2024
Like Brenda, she was judged by ridiculously hypocritical double standards, sexualized and then demonized for it.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 14 July 2024
This is something intrinsically meaningful for her, in terms of its accessibility to women, the beauty, the elegance, the way of creating beautiful grace, inspired by Southern hospitality, without being overly sexualized.
—Jean E. Palmieri, WWD, 28 Oct. 2024
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“Sexualize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sexualize. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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sexualize
transitive verb
sex·u·al·ize
variants
also British sexualise
sexualized also British sexualised; sexualizing also British sexualising
: to make sexual : endow with a sexual character or quality
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