Adjective modifier

• male: Macho men Male machismo has much to answer for.

• political: Acts of political machismo could herald serious danger during the electioneering period.

• heterosexual: The masculine image of contemporary queer fashion thus embodies the eroticism of maleness without the violent menace of heterosexual machismo.

• western: That causing religious offense should be regarded a sign of western machismo is obscene.

• certain: There's a certain machismo about who can take the most calls.

Modifies a noun

• male: Condoms, it is well recognized, are not popular with machismo males in Africa.

• culture: There are some interesting themes working here, especially the whole issue of denial in such a machismo culture.