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
Examples of hypermasculine in a Sentence
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Putin’s appeal also continues to rest on his management of the country’s economy, his hypermasculine image, and—increasingly—his association with conservative values that resonate with many Russian citizens.
—Timothy Frye, Foreign Affairs, 25 Mar. 2024
The result was a pageant of fight choreography, wooden romance and hypermasculine hokum that soon entered the annals of so-bad-it’s-good camp classics.
—Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2024
The hypermasculine nicknames were profoundly unhelpful in identifying person and place.
—Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2024
On the other hand, as is often the case with stereotypes, they can be internalized, and there absolutely is a hypermasculine performance favored by Latino men that feels specific to Latin culture.
—Jp Brammer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2023
Coincidentally, there sure were a lot of movies about hypermasculine dudes at Venice this year.
—Vulture, 8 Sep. 2023
Current and former students say that campuses are often hypermasculine, with female students facing overt harassment and abuse.
—Akanksha Singh, WIRED, 4 Sep. 2023
But these perceptions are driven less by scientific evidence and more by hypermasculine culture.
—David Oliver, USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2023
The attack ad attempted to portray Donald Trump as pro-LGBTQ and cast DeSantis as a hypermasculine anti-LGBTQ crusader.
—Tori Otten, The New Republic, 24 July 2023
Timothy Frye, Foreign Affairs, 25 Mar. 2024
The result was a pageant of fight choreography, wooden romance and hypermasculine hokum that soon entered the annals of so-bad-it’s-good camp classics.
—Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2024
The hypermasculine nicknames were profoundly unhelpful in identifying person and place.
—Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2024
On the other hand, as is often the case with stereotypes, they can be internalized, and there absolutely is a hypermasculine performance favored by Latino men that feels specific to Latin culture.
—Jp Brammer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2023
Coincidentally, there sure were a lot of movies about hypermasculine dudes at Venice this year.
—Vulture, 8 Sep. 2023
Current and former students say that campuses are often hypermasculine, with female students facing overt harassment and abuse.
—Akanksha Singh, WIRED, 4 Sep. 2023
But these perceptions are driven less by scientific evidence and more by hypermasculine culture.
—David Oliver, USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2023
The attack ad attempted to portray Donald Trump as pro-LGBTQ and cast DeSantis as a hypermasculine anti-LGBTQ crusader.
—Tori Otten, The New Republic, 24 July 2023
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“Hypermasculine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hypermasculine. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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