machismo
[mah-cheez-moh, -chiz-, muh-]
- a strong or exaggerated sense of manliness; an assumptive attitude that virility, courage, strength, and entitlement to dominate are attributes or concomitants of masculinity.
- a strong or exaggerated sense of power or the right to dominate: The military campaign was an exercise in national machismo.
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Origin of machismo
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Contemporary Examples
The machismo of Afghan male culture apparently coexists with a little-noted passion for gardening.
Violence against women continues to plague Turkey, and a pioneering new female political party blames Erdogan's machismo.
But what I hear about the role of women is often inspired by an ideology of machismo.
She talked about being a woman in a minority where "the machismo of the Sabra"—a native-born Israeli—is still supreme.
It was the age of unbridled excess, avarice, and machismo gone haywire.
Historical Examples
Machismo was more meaningful to the average estate than education.
The Haciendas of MexicoPaul Alexander Bartlett
machismo
- exaggerated masculine pride
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Word Origin
Mexican Spanish, from Spanish macho male, from Latin masculus masculine
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Word Origin and History for machismo
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