Definitions
Exaggerated masculine pride or toughness.
Word origin
First attested 1940, from American Spanish machismo, from Spanish macho (“male”), + suffix -ismo (“-ism”).
Used in a sentence
“The tragedy of machismo is that a man is never quite man enough.”
“With machismo, Christian nationalism and callousness toward the lives of US troops, they say, Hegseth’s puerile displays on TV are aimed at sating Trump’s desire for a warmonger worthy of the manosphere.”
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01“Exaggerated toughness”8 letters
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