masculinity
noun/ˌmæskjəˈlɪnɪti/US
Etymology
From French masculinité, from Old French, equivalent to masculine + -ity. Earlier in same sense was masculineness.
- derived from masculīnus
- derived from masculin
- inherited from masculyne
Definitions
The degree or property of being masculine or manly
The degree or property of being masculine or manly; manliness.
- 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.
The neighborhood
- antonymfeminility
- antonymfeminineness
- antonymwomanlikeness
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for masculinity. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA