as in macho
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Recent Examples of hypermasculine
Laurie rejects the hypermasculine traits his grandfather enforces in favor of becoming one of the March girls, a radical concept for the time.
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Ivelisse Rodriguez, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Nov. 2024
There are too many fans ogling rappers as racist, hypermasculine caricatures who don’t consider the anti-Blackness in demanding artists to live their raps at the expense of their life or freedom.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2024
And Donald Trump keeps leaning into a hypermasculine approach to male voters in the final stretch before November.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 23 Oct. 2024
Right-wing artists including Ben Garrison and Jon McNaughton have long illustrated Trump in an absurd light—hulking and hypermasculine or holding a lantern on a boat, like George Washington crossing the Delaware.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2024
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Ivelisse Rodriguez, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Nov. 2024
There are too many fans ogling rappers as racist, hypermasculine caricatures who don’t consider the anti-Blackness in demanding artists to live their raps at the expense of their life or freedom.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2024
And Donald Trump keeps leaning into a hypermasculine approach to male voters in the final stretch before November.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 23 Oct. 2024
Right-wing artists including Ben Garrison and Jon McNaughton have long illustrated Trump in an absurd light—hulking and hypermasculine or holding a lantern on a boat, like George Washington crossing the Delaware.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hypermasculine
Adjective
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An overly macho grip where the person squeezes too tightly gives the impression of being overbearing or insensitive.—
Carol Kinsey Goman,
Forbes,
22 Feb. 2025
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Trump and Musk view masculinity quite similarly: tough-guy language, macho actions, irreverent, crude — and often unmoved by emotionalism, empathy or restraint.—
Axios,
Axios,
13 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Gourmand scents are those that are literally rooted in the smell of certain foods, including sweet notes like vanilla and caramel, savory notes like coffee and almond, fruit notes, and even masculine ones such as amber and woods.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
28 Feb. 2025
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His rugged masculine look combined with a velvet tuxedo jacket were perfectly reflected in the ultra-masculine chronograph Speedmaster dressed up in diamonds.—
Paige Reddinger,
Robb Report,
24 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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For one thing, male comedians still get the majority of stand-up bookings and plum TV comedy-writing gigs.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
8 Mar. 2025
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To complement these ladies navigating a sea of business attire by sexing it up with insouciance (as well as micro hemlines and plenty of sheer) were her male coworkers who dabbled in a bit of New Romantic touches.—
Roxanne Robinson,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Scapin is one of very few women in the manly meat business.—
Marcia DeSanctis,
Travel + Leisure,
19 Feb. 2025
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Le Gaillard, 52, cuts a thick, manly figure, with an indented chin, dark eyes, and a receding hairline.—
Elena Clavarino,
airmail.news,
8 June 2024
Adjective
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The Victorians, perhaps sensing that Britain’s empire could not stay young and virile forever, took this Romantic dread and ran with it.—
Matthew Redmond,
The Conversation,
9 Jan. 2025
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New cassette players are being manufactured and competition is virile, musicians are releasing more and more records on the format and Amazon is selling old cassettes like a bumper crop.—
SPIN Team,
SPIN,
28 Nov. 2024
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“Hypermasculine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hypermasculine. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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