Pronunciations
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/ˌmæskjəˈlɪnɪti/
Pronunciation notes
- General-American
Noun
The degree or property of being masculine or manly; manliness.
Usage- Uncountable
- usually
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- Examples
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Over time, society's ideas of masculinity has greatly broadened.
Of the six homosexual patients, three men finally overcame the underlying vaginaphobia, increased their heterosexual activities, and enhanced their masculinity.
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Steven Cohan highlights the suggestive qualities of Red Rivers dominant narrative, the opposition between the radically different masculinities Clift and Wayne represent: "the highly charged context between the soft boy and the hard man in '''Red River dramatizes such a shift in the mainstream culture's demands upon ''masculinity".
“What this work shows is that masculinity is not just an ideology that men strive to achieve. It’s something we value as a culture,” said lead author Theresa Vescio, a professor of psychology and women’s, gender and sexuality studies at Pennsylvania State University.
Noun
the properties characteristic of the male sex
- Synonyms
the trait of behaving in ways considered typical for men
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