Masculinity
1Masculinity — Mas cu*lin i*ty, n. The state or quality of being masculine; masculineness. [1913 Webster] …
2masculinity — 1748; see MASCULINE (Cf. masculine) + ITY (Cf. ity). Earlier in same sense was masculineness (1660s) …
3masculinity — / masculine [n/adj] manly andric, gender, macho*, male, manful, mannish, potent, virile; concepts 371,372,408,648 Ant. feminine …
4Masculinity — Masculine redirects here. For other uses, see Masculine (disambiguation). Manliness redirects here. For the book by Harvey Mansfield, see Manliness (book). In Greek mythology, Heracles is synonymous with Apollonian masculinity. Masculinity is,… …
5masculinity — The characteristics of, and appropriate to, the male sex. Although feminists would argue that most sociology has been by men, about men, and for men, the problem of analysing men and masculinity as issues in their own right remained relatively… …
6masculinity — [[t]mæ̱skjʊlɪ̱nɪti[/t]] 1) N UNCOUNT A man s masculinity is the fact that he is a man. ...a project on the link between masculinity and violence. Ant: femininity 2) N UNCOUNT Masculinity means the qualities, especially sexual qualities, which are …
7masculinity — mas|cu|lin|i|ty [ˌmæskjuˈlınıti] n [U] the features and qualities considered to be typical of men ≠ ↑femininity ▪ Children s ideas of masculinity tend to come from their fathers. ▪ boys trying to prove their masculinity …
8masculinity — The qualities and characteristics of a male. * * * mas·cu·lin·i·ty .mas kyə lin ət ē n, pl ties the quality, state, or degree of being masculine <measurement of masculinity or femininity (Psychological Abstracts)> * * * mas·cu·lin·i·ty… …
9masculinity — the male genitalia Or one of the component parts: ... lays out his masculinity on the table top, where Gasha Rani mistakes it for a Havana cigar. (Dalrymple, 1998) …
10masculinity — noun (U) the characteristics and qualities considered to be typical of men: Children s ideas of masculinity tend to come from their fathers …
