as in masculinity
the set of qualities considered appropriate for or characteristic of men
a society that highly values manhood and courage
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Recent Examples of manhood
The track had previously sparked controversy, due to its witty nods to Swift’s relationship with her fiancé, football player Travis Kelce, mentioning hard rocks, magic wands, and new heights of manhood.
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Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
His team trailing 17-0 at halftime, Nagy became unhinged in the locker room, directing his ire at his offensive linemen and loudly questioning their manhood.
—Michael Silver, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
All mention of subsidized colonization was gone; in its place was the news that freed men, if of age, could now join the Union Army and Navy—and thereby prove to the world their manhood and just claims to full and equal American citizenship.
—Akhil Reed Amar, Time, 22 Sep. 2025
Homosexuality can only ever be a degradation of manhood.
—Garth Greenwell, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
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Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
His team trailing 17-0 at halftime, Nagy became unhinged in the locker room, directing his ire at his offensive linemen and loudly questioning their manhood.
—Michael Silver, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
All mention of subsidized colonization was gone; in its place was the news that freed men, if of age, could now join the Union Army and Navy—and thereby prove to the world their manhood and just claims to full and equal American citizenship.
—Akhil Reed Amar, Time, 22 Sep. 2025
Homosexuality can only ever be a degradation of manhood.
—Garth Greenwell, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for manhood
masculinity
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Fragile masculinity and hate took her life.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
15 Jan. 2026
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But beyond all that, the sports issue has brought out the reality of biology itself, underscoring the fact that femininity and masculinity are not just states of mind, and that men and women are irreversibly, insurmountably different and distinct in anatomy and physiology.—
Alanna Smith,
New York Daily News,
12 Jan. 2026
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“Manhood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manhood. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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