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Recent Examples of ultramasculine
With the rise of ultramasculine candidates in this election cycle, the tone of menace underlying American politics is getting more pronounced.
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Bill Donahue, Washington Post, 20 June 2022
Bill Donahue, Washington Post, 20 June 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ultramasculine
Adjective
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For a generation of music-and-fashion obsessives, Williams, 52, is revered as the original hip-hop eccentric: highly expressive, unapologetically audacious, unafraid to flout menswear conventions, especially the hypermasculine tropes ascribed to rap music.—
Chioma Nnadi,
Vogue,
15 Apr. 2025
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Some Republican women who might have considered running also balked at campaigning in the hypermasculine politics of the moment.—
Jennifer Berry Hawes,
ProPublica,
22 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The look was designed by Tolu Coker, a British-Nigerian designer celebrated for masterful tailoring that fuses masculine aesthetics with feminine silhouettes, brought to life through loud, vivid patterns.—
Essence,
Essence,
9 May 2025
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Her makeup, to offset the masculine tailoring of it all, was flawlessly feminine.—
Gretta Monahan,
Boston Herald,
8 May 2025
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Under current Catholic doctrine, only men may become priests, based on the belief that Jesus chose male apostles.—
Barney Henderson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 May 2025
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The Stray Kids’ member is not the first formal male ambassador for Damiani, which has a long track record of linking with male celebrities, most notably tapping Brad Pitt for its campaigns.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
8 May 2025
Adjective
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Every obstacle gets thrown in his path, including a macho but charismatic brute (Julian McMahon) and his stable of bad-boy surfers who belittle, berate and strip him of his masculinity.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
1 May 2025
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Imagine Top Gun but with the macho pilot rivalries egged on by synth-pop bangers.—
Kambole Campbell,
Vulture,
25 Apr. 2025
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Making money has long been manly in the Trumpian universe, but now so is losing it.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
9 May 2025
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Today’s Wordle Etymology Macho comes from the Spanish word meaning ‘male’ or ‘manly’ which was derived from the Latin masculus, also the root of the English masculine.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
7 May 2025
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“Ultramasculine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ultramasculine. Accessed 18 May. 2025.
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