machismo
IPA: mʌtʃˈɪzmoʊ
noun
- (informal) An excessive masculine pride.
- exaggerated masculinity
- characteristic, behavior or particularity of Male; Macheza.
- (Latin American) male chauvinism, misogyny
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Examples of "machismo" in Sentences
- The whiny voice and convoluted over-estimation of his own machismo is now dead to me.
- That they manage to portray their pearl-clutching and feinting as machismo is a miracle of public relations and media manipulation.
- We all need a wake up call sometimes, and too many college guys just need to wake up to the fact that their machismo is immature, unappreciated, more than unattractive.
- However, with isolated exceptions, Mexico has been a male-dominated society for a long time, and the spirit of machismo is still very strong in many parts of the country.
- I know there are some people to whom machismo is a turn-on, but if they have any sense, they'll save it for their personal ads and keep it out of the foreign policy of the United States.
- Though it’s understandable how a culture that invented the term machismo might be uncomfortable lionizing a gay icon, it’s ironic that Morrissey has now been adopted by two diametrically opposed subcultures.
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