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machismo

/mah-cheez-moh, -chiz-, muh-/US // mɑˈtʃiz moʊ, -ˈtʃɪz-, mə- //UK // (mæˈkɪzməʊ, -ˈtʃɪz-) //

大男子主义,大男人主义,大男子主义者,大兵

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a strong or exaggerated sense of manliness; an assumptive attitude that virility, courage, strength, and entitlement to dominate are attributes or concomitants of masculinity.
    • : a strong or exaggerated sense of power or the right to dominate: The military campaign was an exercise in national machismo.

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Examples

  • Racism and machismo have long been a bitter reality in top-tier sports.

  • The hard roll has tradition and a kind of inflated machismo behind it, but the truth is, the “G” Man is a thing of beauty no matter what bread you select.

  • Nature, here, isn’t impressed with masculinity at all, and it’s prepared to smash machismo against its rocks along with anything else.

  • Lower-level staffers and players, in a sport that still too often values shows of toughness and machismo, seemed to follow the head coach’s lead, Franklin says.

  • And yet as Robert Ward discovered, Marvin—for all of his larger-than-life machismo—was surprising in real life.

  • The machismo of Afghan male culture apparently coexists with a little-noted passion for gardening.

  • Violence against women continues to plague Turkey, and a pioneering new female political party blames Erdogan's machismo.

  • But it is indeed in Uttar Pradesh that we see the deepest sympathy for this  deleterious machismo.

  • Male machismo might be denting the numbers of donors—but Rambam is fighting back.

  • Machismo was more meaningful to the average estate than education.