machismo

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of MACHISMO

the set of qualities considered appropriate for or characteristic of men <a culture that prizes machismo and has rigid gender roles>

Synonyms machismo, macho, manhood, manliness, masculinity

Related Words maleness; boyishness, mannishness, tomboyishness

Near Antonyms girlishness; femaleness; girlhood, maidenhood; effeminacy, effeteness; emasculation

Antonyms femininity, muliebrity, womanhood, womanliness

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