as in masculinity
the set of qualities considered appropriate for or characteristic of men a culture that prizes machismo and has rigid gender roles

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Recent Examples of machismo His machismo may have been especially appealing to some male voters. Susan Page, USA Today, 11 July 2025 The actors provide the nuances, with stirring grace: just as Taylor-Johnson tempers Jamie’s own alpha machismo with a gentle, unfeigned paternal tenderness, so the extraordinary Comer gives Isla, even at her most despairing, an astonishing toughness of body, mind, and spirit. Justin Chang, New Yorker, 25 June 2025 Woodstock ’99 set the new tone with its misogynistic violence and nu-metal machismo. Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 17 May 2025 Wrapped in a padded trainer’s belt, Lee eggs on Abel and absorbs numerous blows to the torso as the two men commune in the kind of machismo hype ritual typically reserved for boxing movies, or the wind up to a Jake Paul fight. Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 16 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for machismo
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masculinity
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  • My work offers a counterpoint to the isolation and performance that often shape contemporary masculinity.
    Vogue, Vogue, 18 Oct. 2025
  • But with the second trilogy, The Book of Dust, we are introduced to Malcolm Polstead who challenges toxic masculinity in many of the same ways as Will.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025

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“Machismo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/machismo. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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