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machismo

[ mah-cheez-moh, -chiz-, muh- ]

noun

  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.
  2. a strong or exaggerated sense of power or the right to dominate:

    The military campaign was an exercise in national machismo.



machismo

/ -藞t蕛瑟z-; m忙藞k瑟zm蓹蕣 /

noun

  1. exaggerated masculine pride
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of machismo1

1945鈥50, Americanism < Spanish macho, -ism
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of machismo1

Mexican Spanish, from Spanish macho male, from Latin masculus masculine
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His depictions of authoritarianism, violence and machismo, using rich language and imagery, made him a star of the Latin American Boom literary movement that shone a global spotlight on the continent.

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This was thanks in no small part to the beach volleyball scene, in which Kilmer oozed the sort of hunky machismo that鈥檚 even more beguiling the more you try to resist it.

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Selena鈥檚 performances felt like cathartic responses to the machismo she faced as a young woman, which, as it also turned out, was coming from inside the house.

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Aden, the ringleader, wears the mask-like machismo of a father who doesn鈥檛 want his kids to know that things aren鈥檛 under control.

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One writer condemned it as 鈥渦nspeakably violent鈥 and 鈥渨rapped up in machismo, militarism, swagger and patriotism.鈥

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