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
John Hopewell, Variety, 5 Aug. 2024
Butler and Reedus play members of the Vandals, an eventual gang led by a macho Tom Hardy, while Comer plays a suburban Chicagoan who gets swept up in their community of lost souls.
—Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 20 June 2024
Carol Kinsey Goman, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025
Trump and Musk view masculinity quite similarly: tough-guy language, macho actions, irreverent, crude — and often unmoved by emotionalism, empathy or restraint.
—Axios, 13 Feb. 2025
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Noun
The father wants the boy to be a macho because surely his own father forced him to be one.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 5 Aug. 2024
Butler and Reedus play members of the Vandals, an eventual gang led by a macho Tom Hardy, while Comer plays a suburban Chicagoan who gets swept up in their community of lost souls.
—Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 20 June 2024
Adjective
An overly macho grip where the person squeezes too tightly gives the impression of being overbearing or insensitive.
—Carol Kinsey Goman, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025
Trump and Musk view masculinity quite similarly: tough-guy language, macho actions, irreverent, crude — and often unmoved by emotionalism, empathy or restraint.
—Axios, 13 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for macho
Noun
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The startling trends of men across a range of metrics serves as the cultural context into which Adolescence lets off a gendered bomb: a young boy angrily murders a female classmate who has questioned his masculinity.—
Avivah Wittenberg-Cox,
Forbes.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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Any further exploration into the play's themes of toxic masculinity, morality, and corruption, however, have been largely left at the wayside in favor of watching these men work.—
Emlyn Travis,
EW.com,
1 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Courtesy of brand Scoop Low-Slung Wide-Leg Cargo Jeans $28 $15 Walmart Courtesy of brand Everlane Modern Trench Coat $268 Everlane Lean into luxury Edward Berthelot/Getty Images The best way to style cargo pants is by leaning into the hypermasculine vibe or going in the complete opposite direction.—
Kelsey Stiegman,
Glamour,
21 Mar. 2025
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The displays of wealth and opulence, as well as the hypermasculine displays of sexuality.—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
31 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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But this is a guide to the manliest gifts made for man men, menly objects ranging from the most classic of man totems to the most ridiculously hypermasculinized.—
Matthew Korfhage,
WIRED,
15 Mar. 2025
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Movies don't get more manly than Predator, which is positively brimming with bulging muscles, oneupmanship, relentless s— talk, chainguns, and some of Schwarzenegger's silliest one-liners since Commando.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
7 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The ads also tease the Dior Privé bag, a masculine interpretation of the slouchy bag trend sweeping womenswear.—
Joelle Diderich,
Footwear News,
3 Apr. 2025
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Beset by coughing fits, alcoholism, and a healthy dose of self-loathing, Kilmer’s portrayal emphasized the human frailty of an Old West legend over masculine bravado.—
Joseph Hudak,
Rolling Stone,
2 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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In The Empire’s frame, residents of a coastal village in northern France — gruff, virile fisherman Jony (Brandon Vlieghe) and teenage tease Line (Lyna Khoudri) — reveal their oddball allegiance to extraterrestrial invaders.—
Armond White,
National Review,
14 Mar. 2025
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The Victorians, perhaps sensing that Britain’s empire could not stay young and virile forever, took this Romantic dread and ran with it.—
Matthew Redmond,
The Conversation,
9 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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In other words, rejected male fruit flies chug down alcohol as a strategy to get girls to like them.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
2 Apr. 2025
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The moment inducted Isaacs into the franchise's ever-growing club of male full-frontal scenes played for laughs, joining his onscreen son Patrick Schwarzenegger, season 2's Theo James, and season 1's Steve Zahn.—
Sydney Bucksbaum,
EW.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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“Macho.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/macho. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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