Feminization is the process of making something more feminine, sometimes by making it less masculine. This can be literal Leonard Sax, M.D. (2001). http://www.worldandi.com/public/2001/October/sax.html The Feminization of American Culture: How Modern Chemicals May Be Changing Human Biology. via The World & I or figurative. Doctress Neutopia (1994). http://feminism.eserver.org/feminization-of-cyberspace.txt The Feminization of Cyberspace.

Conversion of XX (normally wild type hermaphrodite) and X0 (normally wild type male) animals to females in C. elegans. Occurs as a result of certain mutations in the sex determination pathway which block spermatogenesis in the germline as well as development of the male somatic gonad ( Doniach and Hodgkin, 1984; Meyer, 1997).

the process of becoming feminized; the development of female characteristics (loss of facial hair or breast enlargement) in a male because of hormonal disorders or castration

For a man to be dressed and often made-up as a female, either voluntarily or under duress.

The act of feminizing, or the state of being feminized.