as in masculinity
the set of qualities considered appropriate for or characteristic of men
their annual guys-only hunting trip is a celebration of macho
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Recent Examples of macho
Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 13 June 2024
Sometimes a polarizing figure in country music, the 6-foot-4 singer broke out in the country boom years of the 1990s, crafting an identity around his macho, pro-American swagger and writing songs that fans loved to hear.
—Naledi Ushe, USA TODAY, 16 Feb. 2024
Juan Velasquez, Them, 9 Oct. 2024
This is a genre where everybody wants to be the most macho man, showing no weakness.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2024
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Noun
And so—much like how the macho, all-American Jackson Pollock is now unironically described as a neo-Mannerist, an arranger of curls and fussy El Greco serpentines—de Kooning has made the long voyage across the Atlantic.
—Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 13 June 2024
Sometimes a polarizing figure in country music, the 6-foot-4 singer broke out in the country boom years of the 1990s, crafting an identity around his macho, pro-American swagger and writing songs that fans loved to hear.
—Naledi Ushe, USA TODAY, 16 Feb. 2024
Adjective
Mexico is a very macho country with a lot of impunity.
—Juan Velasquez, Them, 9 Oct. 2024
This is a genre where everybody wants to be the most macho man, showing no weakness.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for macho
Noun
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Mugging to the camera for views certainly doesn’t fit neatly with old ideals of masculinity.Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 20 Nov. 2024
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It’s based on her parents’ relationship, her idea of masculinity, and what a man is.Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 14 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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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
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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
Adjective
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There are men without shirts and men with long white beards doing manly things on the side of a country road.Sarah Jones, Vulture, 15 July 2024
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Come for the unraveling of manly sanities, stay for Dafoe's farts and a scene-stealing seagull.Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2024
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Stephen is pure toxic masculine evil in baggy jeans, carrying on a secret relationship with a wide-eyed Lucy over the show’s first season — only to dump her at its end and frame her as a lovesick stalker.Matt Donnelly, Variety, 16 Oct. 2024
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Similarly, muted color schemes and uniform aesthetics reflect traditionally heterosexual, masculine Western design standards.Corinne Post, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
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As Henry, Damien Lewis is especially virile if privately conflicted and a sentimental drunk.Elle Carroll, Vulture, 18 June 2024
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Pitt’s sculpted physique remains a fitness ideal, and his virile performance is worshiped by pickup artists and incels.Stephen Kearse, The Atlantic, 15 Oct. 2024
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The girls are locked up with male inmates who are only too happy to harass and intimidate them and can only count on each other to make it through the days.Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024
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Thirty-seven percent of male participants in exit polling identified as white, while 6% identified as Latino in the Latino groups’ poll.Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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“Macho.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/macho. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.
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