hypermasculine
- noun
- /ˌhaɪpərˈmæs.kjʊ.lɪn/
- (n16) Men who frequent such clubs are more strongly stereotyped as hypermasculine and immoral.
- hypermasculine men
- hypermasculine brute
- hypermasculine violence
Examples
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The gentleman also differs from the hypermasculine brute by being mindful of his civic responsibilities.
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Scores range from 0 to 30, with high scores indicating greater endorsement of hypermasculine beliefs.
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Even in a court of law, hypermasculine men foreboded violence.
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What led Hobbes to make such grim assessments about men as hypermasculine?
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The men ranged from hypermasculine, muscled, and tattooed figures in leather to younger queer men wearing feminine clothing.
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Filmer had represented the king as the mature and manly father, and Hobbes had stigmatized ordinary men as hypermasculine and requiring control.
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Hiplife allows Ghanaian youth to inhabit self-sovereign subjectivities and hypermasculine positions of moral speaking.
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Hobbes argued that too many men, being robustly hypermasculine, regularly boiled with rage because of some trivial insult, instead of demonstrating sustained deliberation.
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Men as a group are saddled with at least three broad, and not necessarily baseless, caricatures: the hypermasculine brute, the dutiful gentleman, and the independent thinker who is his "own man."
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Many athletes today embrace hypermasculine ideals, often promoting toughness and dominance as key traits.
Synonyms
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A man who acts very tough and shows his physical strength
Antonyms
How Masculine
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Surface Forms
Morphology
hypermasculine = hypermasculine (transparent) = hyper + masculine
The noun use is a straightforward conversion from the adjective 'hypermasculine'.
Etymology
Hypermasculine uses the same parts, hyper- ('too much') and masculine ('male'), so as a noun it means a person who acts in an exaggerated male way, often showing extra toughness and hiding emotion.