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machismo

[ mah-cheez-moh, -chiz-, muh- ]

noun

  1. a strong or exaggerated sense of manliness; an assumptive attitude that virility, courage, strength, and entitlement to dominate are attributes or concomitants of masculinity.
  2. a strong or exaggerated sense of power or the right to dominate:

    The military campaign was an exercise in national machismo.



machismo

/ -ˈtʃɪz-; mæˈkɪzməʊ /

noun

  1. exaggerated masculine pride
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of machismo1

1945–50, Americanism < Spanish macho, -ism
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of machismo1

Mexican Spanish, from Spanish macho male, from Latin masculus masculine
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Example Sentences

This was thanks in no small part to the beach volleyball scene, in which Kilmer oozed the sort of hunky machismo that’s even more beguiling the more you try to resist it.

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Selena’s performances felt like cathartic responses to the machismo she faced as a young woman, which, as it also turned out, was coming from inside the house.

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Aden, the ringleader, wears the mask-like machismo of a father who doesn’t want his kids to know that things aren’t under control.

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One writer condemned it as “unspeakably violent” and “wrapped up in machismo, militarism, swagger and patriotism.”

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Too many Latino males, the professor said, are “embracing a hyper-individualized sense” of machismo.

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