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Recent Examples of butch
Maybe not as uniformly vivid as his sister, Bernadette — such a pretty name for such a tough broad, in Lea DeLaria’s priceless, super-butch performance — but vivid enough to be memorable.
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Marilyn Stasio, Variety, 28 Apr. 2022
In her academic work, Butler argues that gender and sexuality are both constructed and performative; butch identity, as female masculinity, subverts the notion that masculinity is the natural and exclusive purview of the male body.
—Kerry Manders, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2020
With Mercedes McCambridge, unforgettable as Crawford's butch nemesis, as well as Ernest Borgnine, Scott Brady, John Carradine, Royal Dano, Ward Bond, and Ben Cooper.
—Patrick Friel, Chicago Reader, 26 June 2018
In this context, Jack feels welcome: Who said only butch gay men should be stars?
—Willa Paskin, Slate Magazine, 28 Sep. 2017
Marilyn Stasio, Variety, 28 Apr. 2022
In her academic work, Butler argues that gender and sexuality are both constructed and performative; butch identity, as female masculinity, subverts the notion that masculinity is the natural and exclusive purview of the male body.
—Kerry Manders, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2020
With Mercedes McCambridge, unforgettable as Crawford's butch nemesis, as well as Ernest Borgnine, Scott Brady, John Carradine, Royal Dano, Ward Bond, and Ben Cooper.
—Patrick Friel, Chicago Reader, 26 June 2018
In this context, Jack feels welcome: Who said only butch gay men should be stars?
—Willa Paskin, Slate Magazine, 28 Sep. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for butch
Adjective
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In short, companies and non-profits remain undecided whether to make the trek to the Amazonian city of Belém for the two weeks of talks that begin Nov. 10.—
Justin Worland,
Time,
9 Aug. 2025
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Yet an idea to return in disguise as a powerful Amazonian warrior causes lots of mayhem.—
David John Chávez,
Mercury News,
8 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The former Oakland Raiders linebacker was Arnold Schwarzenegger’s shady military pal in Predator (1987) before landing his own macho action vehicle in Action Jackson (1988).—
Skyler Trepel,
EW.com,
25 July 2025
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Set in Bogotá, the film explores masculinity through the story of Carlos, a sensitive teen confronting toxic gender norms in a macho environment.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
15 July 2025
Adjective
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Men who earned less than their female partner reported feeling less masculine and more inadequate, and those feelings were linked to lower relationship quality.—
Kim Elsesser,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Like privacy, or the fact that women writers in slightly earlier centuries might have required a masculine alias to publish at all.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
11 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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With Tim Walz’s camouflage cap and football-coach speeches failing to capture manly hearts and minds, Kamala Harris won just 42 percent of the male vote in 2024, compared with Joe Biden’s 48 percent in 2020.—
Christopher J. Scalia,
National Review,
24 July 2025
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Blake Burgess exudes the manly demeanor and seriousness of Cash.—
Jim Higgins,
jsonline.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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But this hypermasculine content has also been found to increase feelings of worthlessness, depression, restlessness, sadness, and nervousness in boys who engage with it.—
Ashleigh N. DeLuca,
Parents,
27 June 2025
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And Hank’s own clumsy attempts at hypermasculine child-rearing often come from his father, Cotton (Toby Huss).—
Daniel Dockery,
Vulture,
7 July 2025
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“Butch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/butch. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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