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Recent Examples of ultramasculine
With the rise of ultramasculine candidates in this election cycle, the tone of menace underlying American politics is getting more pronounced.
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Bill Donahue, Washington Post, 20 June 2022
Bill Donahue, Washington Post, 20 June 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ultramasculine
Adjective
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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.—
Chioma Nnadi,
Vogue,
15 Apr. 2025
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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
Adjective
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Levant encouraged men to take this time to think about masculine ideologies they were taught at a young age and be open to expressing vulnerability more genuinely.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
21 May 2025
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Plus, there’s plenty to dissect about how much the show was about the masculine fantasies of the War on Terror.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
17 May 2025
Adjective
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Each shutout was estimated to increase both the likelihood that male students chose a major from the business school by 1.9 percentage points (or 24%) and their starting salary by $2,000.—
Michael T. Nietzel,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
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In womenswear today, a flash of thigh is as ubiquitous as a crew neck T-shirt, but the male leg is far less familiar.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN Money,
20 May 2025
Adjective
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These antics only cemented his power as an intimidating, macho figure and added to the shock value of the show.—
Kyndall Cunningham,
Vox,
12 May 2025
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In particular, many younger men seem adrift and more drawn to macho, traditional models of being a man.—
Harmeet Kaur,
CNN Money,
4 May 2025
Adjective
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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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Today’s Wordle Etymology Macho comes from the Spanish word meaning ‘male’ or ‘manly’ which was derived from the Latin masculus, also the root of the English masculine.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
7 May 2025
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“Ultramasculine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ultramasculine. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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