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
But for readers, the brutality of Girlie’s work chronicles is offset by her personality—she’s got machismo, smarts, swagger.
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Sarah Rose Etter, The Atlantic, 6 Aug. 2025
This cuts several ways: Physical, a reawakening of desire and above all Paola’s rebellion against a soccer machismo where she is kept in the dark about her husband’s economic affairs, her own physical change and the true circumstances of her best friend’s death.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 29 July 2025
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
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Sarah Rose Etter, The Atlantic, 6 Aug. 2025
This cuts several ways: Physical, a reawakening of desire and above all Paola’s rebellion against a soccer machismo where she is kept in the dark about her husband’s economic affairs, her own physical change and the true circumstances of her best friend’s death.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 29 July 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for machismo
masculinity
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His character, Raj, presented a new model of masculinity that wasn’t the angry young man of the previous generation.—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
9 Nov. 2025
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It is described as a sophisticated mystery set at an East Coast boarding school that explores privilege, scandal, sexuality and masculinity amid the rise of social media, millennial anxiety and pharmaceuticals.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Machismo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/machismo. Accessed 24 Nov. 2025.
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