manhood
IPA: mˈænhʊd
noun
- The state or condition of being a human being.
- The state or condition of being a man.
- All of the men of a given place, area, or any human subgroup (ethnicity, nation, race, religion, family, work crew or ship's crew, etc.) regarded collectively.
- The idealized nature of a man: all of the characteristics traditionally and ideally ascribed to manliness regarded collectively.
- The self-concept of a man being with respect to his possession of the various qualities traditionally and ideally ascribed to manliness; a man's sense or view of himself as being more or less manly.
- (euphemistic) The male genitalia, especially the penis.
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Examples of "manhood" in Sentences
- He is still in the prime of manhood.
- It shows Superman's journey towards manhood.
- Tattoo was a symbol of manhood in some tribes.
- The dream is of the trumpet and the ideal is manhood.
- The ceremony marks the start of manhood for the groom.
- The days of my youth and manhood was spent in this trade.
- Manhood, manliness, and masculinity have similar meanings.
- It may then have the significance of a universal of manhood.
- The great world which I knew in my boyhood and early manhood is gone.
- It is important to stress that the character is the symbol of manhood.
- Manly is an adjective corresponding to manliness, manhood or masculinity.
- "And the two boys lost their best friend and an example of what manhood is really about."
- For Mr. McAllister one measure of manhood is the willingness to face an enemy and mete out punishment without flinching.
- It seems to me that what you term your manhood was composed largely of pride, conceit, ignorance of yourself, and inexperience of the world.
- And now, in manhood, my brother commits a lurid act, an act repulsive to me, one capable of arousing emotions of anger, of bitterness, of hatred.
- Needless to say, viewers were left to ponder if Spitzer's manhood is large enough to accommodate a future appearance on "Unfinished Business" starring Ms Dupré.
- It's unclear exactly what "men" entails, and it seems like everyone's imitating someone else, and not even the biological men have worked out what their manhood is all about.
- As I have read the comments negatively addressing HuntingMom3, I must say I feel sorry for you guys who understand so little of what true manhood is that you would feel you need to defend yourselves against a Mother with valid concerns.
- Like most very young men Copplestone on arriving at what he called manhood (by which he meant the age of twenty-one years), had drawn up for himself a code of ethics, wherein he had mentally scheduled certain things to be done and certain things not to be done.