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Definition of machismo
1 : a strong sense of masculine pride : an exaggerated masculinity athletes displaying their machismo
2 : an exaggerated or exhilarating sense of power or strength the administration's machismo in pushing for a new treaty
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Examples of machismo in a Sentence
a culture that prizes machismo and has rigid gender roles
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Rappers always have this machismo, and Chris was never like that.
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Was that something the machismo of the documentary and Schwarzenegger’s behavior around women specifically tried to address? George Butler: Yes, there was a stigma in those days.
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Since the demise of the civilian Hummer, no vehicle exudes machismo like a big ol’ all-American pickup truck.
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The hole — the seventh in the original routing — measured between 127 and 223 yards, depending on the player's machismo.
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When Trump met Macron, for instance, the two men engaged in the quiet duel of a forceful, sustained handshake at the American Embassy — a moment widely seen as an understated victory for Macron’s particular brand of Gallic machismo.
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Contrary to the machismo and bullfighting of the Ernest Hemingway book from which the title comes, these are simple, modern tales of love, loss and loneliness written with male protagonists.
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Aliens (1986) Dripping with action-movie machismo, James Cameron’s sequel wakes up Ripley after 50 years of hypersleep and takes her back to LV-426, the world where her crew first encountered alien life.
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The free therapy, given three times a week, seeks to question and address the cultural beliefs that lie at the heart of machismo, said Antonio Vargas, director and founder of Gendes, which is privately funded.
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Origin and Etymology of machismo
Spanish, from macho
MACHISMO Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of machismo for English Language Learners
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: an attitude, quality, or way of behaving that agrees with traditional ideas about men being very strong and aggressive
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