hypermasculine
adjective
hy·per·mas·cu·line
ˌhī-pər-ˈma-skyə-lən 
variants
or hyper-masculine
: extremely or excessively masculine
a magazine full of hypermasculine ads
… the toy market's discovery that you can sell dolls to boys if you call them action figures and make them hypermasculine.—
David G. Hartwell
David G. Hartwell
hypermasculinity
noun
or hyper-masculinity
Combining macho engineering with the hypermasculinity of the military has wrought disastrous environmental consequences.
—Joni Seager
Joni Seager
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Trump has successfully revived being anti-woke and boastfully hypermasculine in the comedy world — a mere reflection of what his politics are all about.
—Allison Jiang, The Hill, 10 June 2025
When The Sopranos debuted in 1999, the series moved the cultural needle in innumerable ways — not least with its depiction of a hypermasculine man in a therapist’s office.
—Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 5 June 2025
Rather than two hypermasculine men sparring for Agathe’s affection, Félix and Oliver don’t see each other as enemies.
—Hannah Benson
may 16, Literary Hub, 16 May 2025
For a generation of music-and-fashion obsessives, Williams, 52, is revered as the original hip-hop eccentric: highly expressive, unapologetically audacious, unafraid to flout menswear conventions, especially the hypermasculine tropes ascribed to rap music.
—Chioma Nnadi, Vogue, 15 Apr. 2025
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Allison Jiang, The Hill, 10 June 2025
When The Sopranos debuted in 1999, the series moved the cultural needle in innumerable ways — not least with its depiction of a hypermasculine man in a therapist’s office.
—Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 5 June 2025
Rather than two hypermasculine men sparring for Agathe’s affection, Félix and Oliver don’t see each other as enemies.
—Hannah Benson
may 16, Literary Hub, 16 May 2025
For a generation of music-and-fashion obsessives, Williams, 52, is revered as the original hip-hop eccentric: highly expressive, unapologetically audacious, unafraid to flout menswear conventions, especially the hypermasculine tropes ascribed to rap music.
—Chioma Nnadi, Vogue, 15 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for hypermasculine
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“Hypermasculine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hypermasculine. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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