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Recent Examples of hypermasculine
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.
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Chioma Nnadi, Vogue, 15 Apr. 2025
Some Republican women who might have considered running also balked at campaigning in the hypermasculine politics of the moment.
—Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 22 Jan. 2025
This mindset among far-right Reformed evangelicals is deeply entwined with a hypermasculine virtuousness.
—Liam Adams, USA TODAY, 13 Jan. 2025
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—Kelsey Stiegman, Glamour, 21 Mar. 2025
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Chioma Nnadi, Vogue, 15 Apr. 2025
Some Republican women who might have considered running also balked at campaigning in the hypermasculine politics of the moment.
—Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 22 Jan. 2025
This mindset among far-right Reformed evangelicals is deeply entwined with a hypermasculine virtuousness.
—Liam Adams, USA TODAY, 13 Jan. 2025
Courtesy of brand Scoop Low-Slung Wide-Leg Cargo Jeans $28 $15
Walmart
Courtesy of brand
Everlane Modern Trench Coat
$268
Everlane
Lean into luxury
Edward Berthelot/Getty Images
The best way to style cargo pants is by leaning into the hypermasculine vibe or going in the complete opposite direction.
—Kelsey Stiegman, Glamour, 21 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hypermasculine
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Fleeing from their oppressive lives, our heroes, played by Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon, take the standard trajectory of liberation embodied by the macho road movie and give it a feminist kick.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
27 June 2025
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Toward the end of his career, his music became a little bit more macho and a little bit more violent.—
Michael Schaub,
Oc Register,
19 June 2025
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However, throughout the history of Iranian cinema, perceptive filmmakers have sought to challenge the dominant masculine structure that governs visual language.—
Ali Farahmand,
IndieWire,
8 July 2025
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Denying your primal, masculine nature will only leave you weak and unhappy.—
John McDermott,
Rolling Stone,
6 July 2025
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The Buck Moon gets its name from the time of year in North America when male deer, known as bucks, begin to grow out their antlers.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
7 July 2025
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However, in 2022 it was shown to cause cancer in male lab rats, and companies still have until January 15, 2027 to phase it out of products.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
5 July 2025
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Football tells a story of manly grit, with echoes of the battlefield.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
23 June 2025
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Making money has long been manly in the Trumpian universe, but now so is losing it.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
9 May 2025
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During his campaign for reelection in 2024, Trump, who turns 79 in June, sold digital trading cards that featured virile depictions of himself as a cowboy, superhero and astronaut, among other images.—
Elizabeth Crisp,
The Hill,
24 Mar. 2025
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In The Empire’s frame, residents of a coastal village in northern France — gruff, virile fisherman Jony (Brandon Vlieghe) and teenage tease Line (Lyna Khoudri) — reveal their oddball allegiance to extraterrestrial invaders.—
Armond White,
National Review,
14 Mar. 2025
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“Hypermasculine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hypermasculine. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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