as in masculinity
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Noun
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What unfolds is a two-person dialogue on the subject of fragile masculinity.—
Doreen St. Félix,
The New Yorker,
22 Mar. 2025 -
Normalizing emotional vulnerability and seeking help among men without fear of judgment or loss of masculinity is an essential step in reframing the conversation.—
Essence,
Essence,
22 Mar. 2025
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What was supposed to be a deal-making meeting where Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky would thank America for help fighting Russia and, in return, would provide billions in rare earth metals turned into a public manhood fight.—
Paul Bedard,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
1 Mar. 2025
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To have a trans man in this role is both a meaningful reflection on what elements (and struggles) of manhood are learned and adopted, as well as a downright gut-busting parody of the type of bro-y teenager that usually appears in Hollywood’s teenage comedies.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
16 Mar. 2025
Noun
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This revelation reframes much of the earlier novel, from his paranoia to his discomfort in stiff formal clothing to his father’s obsession with manliness.—
Robert Rubsam,
Vulture,
24 Sep. 2024
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But there are challenges for shifting diets toward less beef, from misinformation about soy and protein, to social stigmas connecting beef-eating with manliness.—
Julia Simon,
NPR,
15 Sep. 2024
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But before then, they were exclusively worn by men and were a sign of virility and high social status.—
Jacqui Palumbo,
CNN,
13 Mar. 2025
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Tom Cruise, that avatar of all-American virility, opened the evening with an address that reaffirmed the rightness of the proceedings, much as Peck had in 1968.—
Michael Schulman,
The New Yorker,
22 Jan. 2025
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Unlike some other security operations in Los Angeles that boast about having ex-Mossad agents on their payroll, Covered 6 doesn’t make machismo a huge part of its sales pitch.—
Jason McGahan,
The Hollywood Reporter,
30 Jan. 2025
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By comparison, even peers like Iggy or Lou Reed were willing to fall back on tough-guy machismo when addressing women, in ways that Johansen had absolutely no use for.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
1 Mar. 2025
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“Maleness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maleness. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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