as in macho
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Recent Examples of hypermasculine
Putin posing topless is the viral version of this public peacocking, but casual misogyny, carefully staged photo ops, and boastful, hypermasculine rhetoric also fit the bill.
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Erica Chenoweth, Foreign Affairs, 8 Feb. 2022
Laurie rejects the hypermasculine traits his grandfather enforces in favor of becoming one of the March girls, a radical concept for the time.
—Ivelisse Rodriguez, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Nov. 2024
There are too many fans ogling rappers as racist, hypermasculine caricatures who don’t consider the anti-Blackness in demanding artists to live their raps at the expense of their life or freedom.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2024
And Donald Trump keeps leaning into a hypermasculine approach to male voters in the final stretch before November.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 23 Oct. 2024
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Erica Chenoweth, Foreign Affairs, 8 Feb. 2022
Laurie rejects the hypermasculine traits his grandfather enforces in favor of becoming one of the March girls, a radical concept for the time.
—Ivelisse Rodriguez, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Nov. 2024
There are too many fans ogling rappers as racist, hypermasculine caricatures who don’t consider the anti-Blackness in demanding artists to live their raps at the expense of their life or freedom.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2024
And Donald Trump keeps leaning into a hypermasculine approach to male voters in the final stretch before November.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 23 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hypermasculine
Adjective
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The latter is led by Scott Fischer (Gyllenhaal), a macho American mountain guide who climbed Everest's peak two years prior to the events of the film.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
16 Mar. 2025
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An overly macho grip where the person squeezes too tightly gives the impression of being overbearing or insensitive.—
Carol Kinsey Goman,
Forbes,
22 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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This double dose of slightly different modes of masculine aggression seems overly familiar.—
Armond White,
National Review,
21 Mar. 2025
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Intersex people have chromosomes and/or reproductive organs that do not fit into a binary male or female classification, while two-spirit refers to members of Indigenous cultures who identify as having both a masculine and feminine spirit.—
Colleen English,
The Conversation,
13 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The promotion was targeted to male audiences, with Fox seen in sexualized posters and ads.—
Lexi Carson,
The Hollywood Reporter,
21 Mar. 2025
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Rho admits that Angelina’s younger love interest, Keisuke, is a version of Darcy, Austen’s most compelling male character.—
Joan MacDonald,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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But this is a guide to the manliest gifts made for man men, menly objects ranging from the most classic of man totems to the most ridiculously hypermasculinized.—
Matthew Korfhage,
WIRED,
15 Mar. 2025
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Movies don't get more manly than Predator, which is positively brimming with bulging muscles, oneupmanship, relentless s— talk, chainguns, and some of Schwarzenegger's silliest one-liners since Commando.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
7 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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In The Empire’s frame, residents of a coastal village in northern France — gruff, virile fisherman Jony (Brandon Vlieghe) and teenage tease Line (Lyna Khoudri) — reveal their oddball allegiance to extraterrestrial invaders.—
Armond White,
National Review,
14 Mar. 2025
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The Victorians, perhaps sensing that Britain’s empire could not stay young and virile forever, took this Romantic dread and ran with it.—
Matthew Redmond,
The Conversation,
9 Jan. 2025
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“Hypermasculine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hypermasculine. Accessed 30 Mar. 2025.
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