macho

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  1. adjective Characterized or motivated by machismo: "He was a mindless activist, a war lover, who found macho relish in danger and felt driven to prove manhood by confrontation” (Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.)
  2. noun Machismo.
  3. noun A person characterized by or exhibiting machismo.

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  • Ordinarily, Stanky would have retreated from confrontation, but with Liz bearing witness (I inferred by her determined look that she was his partner in this, that she had egged him on), his macho was at stake. —  FSFMagazine,July2007
  • I know it's sexist and macho, and it's retrograde social evolution, but I hate it when bad things happen to women. —  Butcher, Jim - Dead Beat (v1.0) (html).html
  • Cocky, macho, and handsome as hell, Burt Reynolds 'electric performance as the alpha-male weekend warrior Lewis Medlock is only one of the reasons why Deliverance holds up 35 years after its release. —  RNews - TOP STORIES
  • That character didn't change at all in his interactions with other people or in the "feminine" things he did, other than to become more confident (and I actually MEAN more confident, not more "macho" - he was less likely to deride himself and was able to stand up to a character who was trying to steal his commissions and invading his personal space). —  FlickFilosopher.com
  • We Own the Night Gritty, macho, and lacking in grace —  Boston Phoenix - thePhoenix.com
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  1. Spanish, male, from Latin masculus; see masculine.
 

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/ˈmeɪkoʊ/
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