Meaning of Machismo | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An excessive masculine pride.
   informal, uncountable, usually
2. exaggerated masculinity
   uncountable, usually
3. characteristic, behavior or particularity of Male; Macheza.
   uncountable, usually
4. male chauvinism, misogyny
   uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Examples

“September 1971, Germaine Greer, "My Mailer Problem", in Esquire The tragedy of machismo is that a man is never quite man enough.”

“PSP [Puerto Rican Socialist Party] spokesperson Victor Lopez-Tosado told GCN: "[…] The party is mainly organized in a Latin American country where oppression, as a result⟳ of machismo, etc., to homosexuals is very common."”

“The Dominican Republic is traditionally regarded as a patriarchal island brimming with machismo — where, indeed, a recent U.S. ambassador was publicly vilified for bringing his husband to his posting. It was, and is, an unlikely place⟳ to find⟳ an enclave of acceptance. So what explains this unique tolerance?”

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