machismo
An excessive masculine pride, exaggerated masculinityAn excessive masculine pride, exaggerated masculinity.
UK/mæˈt͡ʃɪz.məʊ/US/mɑːˈt͡ʃiz.moʊ/
» This is a pure display of machismo.
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2 senses(informal, uncountable, usually)An excessive masculine pride, exaggerated masculinity.
Machismo
мачи́змmačízm
exaggerated masculinity
(uncountable, usually)Male chauvinism, misogyny.
Examples
4 sentencesThis is a pure display of machismo.
The tragedy of machismo is that a man is never quite man enough.
Contrary to machismo stands feminism, which aims to eliminate the inequality between the sexes.
Machismo is a social problem.
Translations
7 languagesРусский
exaggerated masculinity:
Deutsch
exaggerated masculinity:
Origin
First attested 1940, from American Spanish machismo, from Spanish macho (“male”), + suffixFirst attested 1940, from American Spanish machismo, from Spanish macho (“male”), + suffix -ismo (“-ism”).
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Forms
plural: machismos| Singular | machismo |
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uncountable
Synonyms
2 synonymsWord family
9 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable