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PRONUNCIATION OF FEMALE CIRCUMCISION

female circumcision  [ˈfiːmeɪl ˌsɜːkəmˈsɪʒən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FEMALE CIRCUMCISION

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Female circumcision is a noun.
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WHAT DOES FEMALE CIRCUMCISION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

female circumcision

Female genital mutilation

Female genital mutilation, also known as female genital cutting and female circumcision, is defined by the World Health Organization as "all procedures that involve partial or total removal of the external female genitalia or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons." FGM is practised as a cultural ritual by ethnic groups in 27 countries in sub-Saharan and Northeast Africa, and to a lesser extent in Asia, the Middle East and within immigrant communities elsewhere. It is typically carried out, with or without anaesthesia, by a traditional circumciser using a knife or razor. The age of the girls varies from weeks after birth to puberty; in half the countries for which figures were available in 2013, most girls were cut before the age of five. The practice involves one or more of several procedures, which vary according to the ethnic group. They include removal of all or part of the clitoris and clitoral hood; all or part of the clitoris and inner labia; and in its most severe form all or part of the inner and outer labia and the closure of the vagina.

Definition of female circumcision in the English dictionary

The definition of female circumcision in the dictionary is mutilation of a woman's sexual organs, including the removal of the clitoris, the labia minora, and other invasive practices.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FEMALE CIRCUMCISION


abscission
æbˈsɪʒən
circumcision
ˌsɜːkəmˈsɪʒən
concision
kənˈsɪʒən
decision
dɪˈsɪʒən
discission
dɪsˈsɪʒən
division
dɪˈvɪʒən
excision
ɛkˈsɪʒən
imprecision
ˌɪmprɪˈsɪʒən
incision
ɪnˈsɪʒən
indecision
ˌɪndɪˈsɪʒən
nondecision
ˌnɒndɪˈsɪʒən
occasion
əˈkeɪʒən
precisian
prɪˈsɪʒən
precision
prɪˈsɪʒən
recision
rɪˈsɪʒən
rescission
rɪˈsɪʒən
subdecision
ˌsʌbdɪˈsɪʒən
subincision
ˌsʌbɪnˈsɪʒən
ultraprecision
ˌʌltrəprɪˈsɪʒən
uncircumcision
ˌʌnsɜːkəmˈsɪʒən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FEMALE CIRCUMCISION

fem
FEMA
femal
female
female condom
female impersonator
female suffrage
female thread
femaleness
femality
feme
feme covert
feme sole
femerall
femerell
Femidom
feminacy
feminal
feminality
feminazi

WORDS THAT END LIKE FEMALE CIRCUMCISION

cable television
cell division
collision
colour television
commission
double vision
educational television
envision
Eurovision
field of vision
infantry division
long division
night vision
night-vision
panzer division
provision
revision
satellite television
subdivision
supervision
vision

Synonyms and antonyms of female circumcision in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «female circumcision» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FEMALE CIRCUMCISION

Find out the translation of female circumcision to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of female circumcision from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «female circumcision» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

女性割礼
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

la circuncisión femenina
570 millions of speakers

English

female circumcision
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

महिला खतना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ختان الإناث
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

женское обрезание
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

circuncisão feminina
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কন্যা শিশুদের খৎনা করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

l´excision
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sunat perempuan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Beschneidung von Frauen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

女性の割礼
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

여성 할례
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Wanita sunat
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cắt bao quy đầu nữ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பெண் விருத்தசேதனம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्त्री सुंता करणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kadın sünneti
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

circoncisione femminile
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

obrzezanie kobiet
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

жіноче обрізання
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

circumcizia feminina
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κλειτοριδεκτομή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vroulike besnydenis
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kvinnlig omskärelse
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kvinnelig omskjæring
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of female circumcision

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FEMALE CIRCUMCISION»

The term «female circumcision» is regularly used and occupies the 69.461 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FEMALE CIRCUMCISION» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about female circumcision

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FEMALE CIRCUMCISION»

Discover the use of female circumcision in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to female circumcision and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Female "circumcision" in Africa: Culture, Controversy, and ...
To ban excision in Meru, Kenya, Lynn Thomas
Bettina Shell-Duncan, Ylva Hernlund, 2000
2
Female Circumcision: Multicultural Perspectives
This volume does not focus narrowly on female circumcision as a set of ritualized surgeries sanctioned by society.
Rogaia Mustafa Abusharaf, 2011
3
Female Circumcision and the Politics of Knowledge: African ...
By exposing the colonial and imperial discourses that undergird the global debate on female circumcision, this important work creates a space for the marginalized to speak and mount their challenges and proposes strategies for creating a ...
Obioma Nnaemeka, 2005
4
Male and Female Circumcision
Every year around the world 13.3 million boys and 2 million girls have part or all of their external sex organs cut off.
George C. Denniston, Frederick Mansfield Hodges, Marilyn Fayre Milos, 1999
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The Female Circumcision Controversy: An Anthropological ...
Informed by five years of fieldwork in Sudan, the author studies indigenous and "outsider" perspectives on the traditional practice of female genital cutting.
Ellen Gruenbaum, 2001
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Female Circumcision: The Interplay of Religion, Culture, and ...
A Kenyan woman theologian--"an insider"--examines arguments for and against the controversial practice of female circumcision.
Mary Nyangweso Wangila, 2007
7
Male & female circumcision: among Jews, Christians and ...
This major work explores the issues of circumcision in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam from religious, legal, medical, and social perspectives.
Sami Awad Aldeeb Abu-Sahlieh, 2001
8
Female Circumcision/female Genital Cutting in Nigeria: ...
Background. The hazards of FC/FGC have been revisited over the past two decades, prompting efforts to eradicate the practice. Yet, there is little systematic evidence for much of the content of education programs and advocacy efforts.
Yetunde Abisola Noah, 2009
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Female Genital Cutting: Cultural Conflict in the Global ...
The practice of female genital cutting, sometimes referred to as female circumcision and common in a number of African states, has attracted increasing attention in recent years and mobilized strong international opposition.
Elizabeth Heger Boyle, 2005
10
Female genital mutilation: treating the tears
Addressing the topical and controversial issue of female circumcision, this thoroughly researched and academic work aims to raise awareness not only of the physical but also the psychological effects of this procedure.
Haseena Lockhat, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FEMALE CIRCUMCISION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term female circumcision is used in the context of the following news items.
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Doctors given fresh guidelines on caring for FGM women
FGM, also termed female circumcision, refers to any procedure that alters or injures the female genital organs for non-medical reasons. «BBC News, Jul 15»
2
Staffordshire cadet gains excellent grade after raising FGM awareness
FGM, sometimes called female circumcision, involves the partial or total removal of the external female genital organs for non-medical reasons. «Staff Newsletter, Jul 15»
3
Assessment of female sexual function in a group of uncircumcised …
The prevalence of female circumcision, FGM, is high among women at the reproductive age in Egypt, however, this prevalence is decreasing ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
4
Britain leads fight against FGM with launch of abuse reporting app
More than 66,000 women in the UK are living with the physical and mental effects of FGM - also called cutting or female circumcision - and a ... «Express.co.uk, Jul 15»
5
Traditional initiations: Patriarchal and out of place in democratic SA
In practical terms the differences are acute — female circumcision is a far more brutal, heartless business, the consequence of which can ... «Rand Daily Mail, Jul 15»
6
Female genital mutilation: there's an app for that? Really?
... that despite being illegal since the Female Circumcision Act of 1985, there have yet to be any successful prosecutions of those responsible. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
7
Doctor's warning over girls taken abroad to undergo female genital …
... holidays about to begin, many young girls will be taken abroad and forced to undergo the procedure, known as FGM or female circumcision. «Leicester Mercury, Jul 15»
8
Sierra Leone: Parliament ratifies AU Protocol
... our cultural practices on female circumcision that children should not be initiated until they are 18, the age of self-determination and consent. «The Patriotic Vanguard, Jul 15»
9
Looking forward to Summer? Not for the girls of Egypt
Senior Imam, Mohamed Suleiman, has spoken out to all Muslims that the Prophet Muhammad did not advocate female circumcision and that it ... «Shout Out UK, Jul 15»
10
Kenyan FGM cutter calls horrific practice of female circumcision as …
Kenya had became the latest in a string of African countries to ban female genital mutilation in 2011, passing a law to make it illegal to practice ... «Financial Express, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Female circumcision [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/female-circumcision>. Apr 2024 ».
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