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machismo

noun
/mɑːˈt͡ʃiz.moʊ/US/mæˈt͡ʃɪz.məʊ/UK

Etymology

First attested 1940, from American Spanish machismo, from Spanish macho (“male”), + suffix -ismo (“-ism”).

  1. derived from macho — “male”
  2. derived from machismo

Definitions

  1. An excessive masculine pride, exaggerated masculinity.

    • The tragedy of machismo is that a man is never quite man enough.
    • With machismo, Christian nationalism and callousness toward the lives of US troops, they say, Hegseth’s puerile displays on TV are aimed at sating Trump’s desire for a warmonger worthy of the manosphere.

  2. Male chauvinism, misogyny.

    • PSP [Puerto Rican Socialist Party] spokesperson Victor Lopez-Tosado told GCN: "[…] The party is mainly organized in a Latin American country where oppression, as a result of machismo, etc., to homosexuals is very common."

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Derived

antimachismo

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA