as in masculinity
the set of qualities considered appropriate for or characteristic of men
a culture that prizes machismo and has rigid gender roles
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Recent Examples of machismo
Several writers attempted to construct a pattern and narrative around the killings, blaming the incidents on the country’s culture of machismo or even Sinatra’s own brash lyrics, but I was most drawn to the accounts that pointed to the singers being murdered for not performing the song well enough.
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Gaar Adams
october 3, Literary Hub, 3 Oct. 2025
While there are a few male employees at Olta, most everything — from tending the crops to distilling the liquid to bottling it up — is done by women, a rarity in the machismo world of Mexican spirits.
—Allyson Reedy, Denver Post, 24 Sep. 2025
Advertisement Gudsen's fractured identity—swaggering machismo versus devoted family man—might suggest dissociative identity disorder, but Lehane resists reducing him to a clinical label.
—Jp Mangalindan, Time, 15 Aug. 2025
This cuts several ways: Physical, a reawakening of desire and above all Paola’s rebellion against a soccer machismo where she is kept in the dark about her husband’s economic affairs, her own physical change and the true circumstances of her best friend’s death.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 29 July 2025
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Gaar Adams
october 3, Literary Hub, 3 Oct. 2025
While there are a few male employees at Olta, most everything — from tending the crops to distilling the liquid to bottling it up — is done by women, a rarity in the machismo world of Mexican spirits.
—Allyson Reedy, Denver Post, 24 Sep. 2025
Advertisement Gudsen's fractured identity—swaggering machismo versus devoted family man—might suggest dissociative identity disorder, but Lehane resists reducing him to a clinical label.
—Jp Mangalindan, Time, 15 Aug. 2025
This cuts several ways: Physical, a reawakening of desire and above all Paola’s rebellion against a soccer machismo where she is kept in the dark about her husband’s economic affairs, her own physical change and the true circumstances of her best friend’s death.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 29 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for machismo
masculinity
Noun
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Bentley also says that historically, meat is tied to masculinity, while vegetables and sweets are thought to be feminine.—
Alyssa Goldberg,
USA Today,
4 Feb. 2026
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Challenging the definition of masculinity.—
Daniel Wine,
CNN Money,
3 Feb. 2026
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“Machismo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/machismo. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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