machismo
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7.7
- noun
- /məˈtʃizmoʊ/
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machismo
- His machismo often leads him to dominate conversations and dismiss the opinions of others.
- machismo and violence
- machismo culture
- machismo and man
It's part of that like turbo alpha male machismo.
- It's part of that like turbo alpha male machismo.
- And all of this may be insincere displays of bravado and machismo, but it has insidious effects.
- We were all headstrong young guys, you know, bravado, machismo.
- I mean, there's a lot of clips that I've seen online of him talking about bombing Iran, and it's all this tough machismo.
- You have blowhard Trump, you know, with this tough guy machismo bullshit in the Oval with the cameras around him all the time.
- And my reaction to her is machismo.
- And yeah, it's part of part of Be tough the, the, that machismo, right?
Examples
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Traditional cultural notions of machismo and the man as machista were also believed to support male feelings of power.
Academic text (2002) -
Literature on Latino/as typically includes references to two concepts: machismo and familism.
Academic text (2014) -
Would you drop your machismo for one minute?
Fiction book (2001) -
I think sometimes people mistake machismo or theatrical displays of power as confidence.
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We're sort of full of machismo and testosterone, right?
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So then the male teachers have this ego and this like machismo kind of like vibe that they need to carry, right?
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They like to show off their machismo.
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Fortunately, my father's machismo put an end to Mother's designs.
Fiction book (1994) -
Still cites machismo as one of the biggest obstacles to the use of condoms.
Academic text (1997) -
Furthermore, there was a need to appear in control; machismo hampered our ability to discuss personally sensitive pedagogic issues and experiences.
Academic text (1994)
Synonyms
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4.1
Qualities and behaviors people associate with being a man
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9.0
An extreme way of acting like a man with toughness and little emotion
Antonyms
- Slur
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7.9
A quality in men of being gentle or emotional rather than traditionally masculine
How Masculine
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Machismo comes from the Spanish word macho meaning 'male' and the ending -ismo meaning 'a strong idea or belief'. It is like the English word 'macho', so machismo describes a very strong, showy kind of manliness and the attitude that goes with it.