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How to pronounce masculinity in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms maleness
Type of sexuality, gender, sex
Has types virility
Derivation masculine
Type Words
Type of trait
Has types tomboyishness, boyishness, virility, hoydenism, machismo, manfulness, manliness
Derivation masculine

Examples of masculinity

masculinity
Masculinity always seems more appealing when it's tempered by the feminine side.
From the newsweek.com
Housed in a robust black outer casting, this iron's aim is to exude masculinity.
From the independent.co.uk
The dominant form of masculinity in a society is known as hegemonic masculinity.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Leadership for the future must both question and honor traditional masculinity.
From the forbes.com
Masculinity-threatened participants also showed more interest in buying an SUV.
From the sciencedaily.com
We come to know both as individuals, not just archetypes of American masculinity.
From the chron.com
I think I'll have to find another challenge to my outdated view of masculinity.
From the independent.co.uk
Because she is both the mum and the dad, we had to find the masculinity in her.
From the metro.co.uk
Fast-forward to 2013 and the link between beer and masculinity is still strong.
From the nzherald.co.nz
More examples
  • Maleness: the properties characteristic of the male sex
  • The trait of behaving in ways considered typical for men
  • (masculine) of grammatical gender
  • (masculine) a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to males or to objects classified as male
  • (masculine) associated with men and not with women
  • (masculine) (music or poetry) ending on an accented beat or syllable; "a masculine cadence"; "the masculine rhyme of `annoy, enjoy'"
  • Masculinity is manly character. It specifically describes men and boys, that is personal and human, unlike male which can also be used to describe animals, or masculine which can also be used to describe noun classes. ...
  • (Masculine (grammar)) In linguistics, grammatical genders are classes of nouns reflected in the behavior of associated words; every noun must belong to one of the classes and there should be very few that belong to several classes at once.
  • The degree or property of being masculine or manly; manliness