hypermasculine

American  

[hahy-per-mas-kyuh-lin] / ˌhaɪ pərˈmæs kyə lɪn /

adjective

1. excessively masculine or overemphasizing traits generally perceived as masculine.

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Other Word Forms

• hypermasculinist noun
• hypermasculinity noun
• hypermasculinization noun
• hypermasculinize verb
• hypermasculinized adjective

Example Sentences

Instead, in 2025 the top 10 box-office hits - five of them from Bollywood, a small relief for a Hindi film industry still struggling to regain its footing after the pandemic - were dominated by larger-than-life, hypermasculine heroes, from the historical epic Chhaava to the action spectacle War 2.

From BBC

Karol G turned heads not just for being a young woman in a hypermasculine genre, but for how she both mastered and expanded the genre from the moment she emerged in it.

From Los Angeles Times

“As a queer person, I think we have these preconceived notions about hypermasculine worlds and what I viewed the military to be, especially the Marines,” says Heizer, sitting on the rooftop of Netflix’s New York offices last week with co-star Max Parker, who plays stern drill instructor Sgt.

From Los Angeles Times

We started texting throughout the day, sharing memes, cat pictures and jokes about the hypermasculine beasts at the gym.

From Los Angeles Times

In general, that anxiety shows up in the defenses against it through a wide variety of hypermasculine poses, declarations and enactments.

From Salon