machismo
machismo
Definition
ma·chismo (mä c̸hēz′mō, -c̸hēs′-, -c̸hiz′-)
machismo
Usage Examples
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
machismo Quotes
Those who believe machismo reeks of violence alone choose to forget it once stood for honor as well.
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