male menopause

American  

noun

1. a malaise that allegedly affects men in middle age and is said to be responsible for periods of emotional upset and uncharacteristic behavior.

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male menopause British  

noun

1. a period in a man's later middle age in which he may experience an identity crisis as he feels age overtake his sexual powers

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Etymology

Origin of male menopause

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

Where I had chemotherapy, I have something called androgen deprivation therapy where they take the testosterone out of your body, which basically gives you male menopause.

From Fox News • Mar. 26, 2020

“I don’t think men have a biological clock like women do, in the sense that there’s no male menopause, but fertility in men declines far more sharply than people think,” he says.

From The Guardian • Mar. 19, 2016

Regardless of where they stand on the matter, experts seem to agree on one thing: Though catchy and hard to ignore, terms such as "male menopause" and "manopause" send the wrong message.

From Washington Post • Oct. 4, 2010

The symptoms described in the ads occur in other diseases, they note, and could also be chalked up to plain old aging, or "male menopause."

From Reuters • Jun. 8, 2010

That age, he says, is the start of "the seven-year Saturn cycle, and to me, that's when male menopause hits."

From Time Magazine Archive