hypermasculine
adjective
hy·per·mas·cu·line
ˌhī-pər-ˈma-skyə-lən 
variants
or hyper-masculine
: extremely or excessively masculine
a magazine full of hypermasculine ads
… the toy market's discovery that you can sell dolls to boys if you call them action figures and make them hypermasculine.—
David G. Hartwell
David G. Hartwell
hypermasculinity
noun
or hyper-masculinity
Combining macho engineering with the hypermasculinity of the military has wrought disastrous environmental consequences.
—Joni Seager
Joni Seager
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Laurie rejects the hypermasculine traits his grandfather enforces in favor of becoming one of the March girls, a radical concept for the time.
—Ivelisse Rodriguez, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Nov. 2024
There are too many fans ogling rappers as racist, hypermasculine caricatures who don’t consider the anti-Blackness in demanding artists to live their raps at the expense of their life or freedom.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2024
And Donald Trump keeps leaning into a hypermasculine approach to male voters in the final stretch before November.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 23 Oct. 2024
Right-wing artists including Ben Garrison and Jon McNaughton have long illustrated Trump in an absurd light—hulking and hypermasculine or holding a lantern on a boat, like George Washington crossing the Delaware.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2024
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Ivelisse Rodriguez, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Nov. 2024
There are too many fans ogling rappers as racist, hypermasculine caricatures who don’t consider the anti-Blackness in demanding artists to live their raps at the expense of their life or freedom.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2024
And Donald Trump keeps leaning into a hypermasculine approach to male voters in the final stretch before November.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 23 Oct. 2024
Right-wing artists including Ben Garrison and Jon McNaughton have long illustrated Trump in an absurd light—hulking and hypermasculine or holding a lantern on a boat, like George Washington crossing the Delaware.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2024
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“Hypermasculine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hypermasculine. Accessed 16 Dec. 2024.
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