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 people don’t realize what an achievement that was in a world [dominated by] machismo.
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Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2025
There is a sense that her interest hinges up his machismo and his job title, and (sadly) the show has barely bothered to give her more character than that.
—Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 7 Apr. 2025
Instead of using this opportunity to make Bond a more inclusive franchise, Bezos could very well lean into the franchise’s outmoded machismo, returning Bond to an aggressive womanizer and pillar of a brand of masculinity that aligns with the values of the far right.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 20 Feb. 2025
By comparison, even peers like Iggy or Lou Reed were willing to fall back on tough-guy machismo when addressing women, in ways that Johansen had absolutely no use for.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 1 Mar. 2025
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Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2025
There is a sense that her interest hinges up his machismo and his job title, and (sadly) the show has barely bothered to give her more character than that.
—Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 7 Apr. 2025
Instead of using this opportunity to make Bond a more inclusive franchise, Bezos could very well lean into the franchise’s outmoded machismo, returning Bond to an aggressive womanizer and pillar of a brand of masculinity that aligns with the values of the far right.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 20 Feb. 2025
By comparison, even peers like Iggy or Lou Reed were willing to fall back on tough-guy machismo when addressing women, in ways that Johansen had absolutely no use for.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 1 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for machismo
Recent Examples of Synonyms for machismo
masculinity
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Mac's deeply closeted, Catholic-guilty homosexuality had been treated as a joke throughout the show's run, with the joke never truly being about Mac being gay, but about how his desperate repression had twisted him into a caricature of grasping masculinity.—
Dennis Perkins,
EW.com,
10 July 2025
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These authors, alongside psychologists, activists and public health experts, are reframing the narrative around masculinity and emphasizing the need for emotional literacy and awareness.—
Sreedhar Potarazu,
Baltimore Sun,
6 July 2025
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“Machismo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/machismo. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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