as in masculinity
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Noun
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The parody subtly addressed themes of masculinity and emotional expression.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
5 Feb. 2025 -
The better, more-daring version of Get Hard would scuttle political correctness, gay panic, and outmoded ideas about what constitutes masculinity.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
4 Feb. 2025
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Tadashi Nakamura also tried to assimilate by playing football and trying to become the embodiment of all-American manhood.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
27 Jan. 2025
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Brian rants on about the pressures of manhood, and Melissa ruminates about feeling put down by their mother as Brian looks down from his pedestal.—
Ile-Ife Okantah,
Vulture,
20 Sep. 2024
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This revelation reframes much of the earlier novel, from his paranoia to his discomfort in stiff formal clothing to his father’s obsession with manliness.—
Robert Rubsam,
Vulture,
24 Sep. 2024
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But there are challenges for shifting diets toward less beef, from misinformation about soy and protein, to social stigmas connecting beef-eating with manliness.—
Julia Simon,
NPR,
15 Sep. 2024
Noun
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Tom Cruise, that avatar of all-American virility, opened the evening with an address that reaffirmed the rightness of the proceedings, much as Peck had in 1968.—
Michael Schulman,
The New Yorker,
22 Jan. 2025
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Managers no longer have two sartorial choices — polyester sportswear to denote virility and dynamism and suit and tie to convey sombre authority — but have branched out into turtlenecks, quarter-zips, and merino wool sweaters, the wardrobe of the TEDx talk.—
Rory Smith,
The Athletic,
3 Jan. 2025
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The spectre of their conflict added a dash of machismo to a night that was otherwise a victory lap for women.—
Carrie Battan,
The New Yorker,
3 Feb. 2025
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They are written with a thuggish hauteur, as if Pacino’s Tony ‘Scarface’ Montana had been transplanted to the world of music promotion – all machismo and ultimatums.—
Martin McKenzie-Murray,
SPIN,
7 Jan. 2025
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“Maleness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maleness. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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