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- noun
machismo ;exaggerated masculinity
Etymologies
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Examples
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He had the kind of machoism and determination and rule over his A team that I had heard existed, I had read existed, and there he was in front of me trying to organize his men both, you know, what they would do every day but also that ` s in Kosovo where they were and they had the mission, partly an intelligence mission, trying to figure out where the bad guys were and were they going to come after U.S. troops and that sort of thing.
The Mission: Waging War and Keeping Peace with America�s Military 2003
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But Strauss-Kahn's case and his reputation as a womanizer have also unleashed a passionate debate in France about machoism and sexuality in politics.
Strauss-Kahn's Political Fortunes in France Rise as Rape Case Unravels 2011
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Recent financial stagnation has displaced Japanese men from their societal pedestals, because persistent unemployment clashes with traditional notions of machoism and submissive women.
Jane Buckingham: The Trend Triple Threat Jane Buckingham 2011
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We will mark as stations places like the Federal Building, a symbol of the militarism of the country; the soup kitchen, a symbol of those made poor by the militarism of the country; a topless show bar, a symbol of the violence against women that machoism and militarism glorify.
Sister Joan Chittister, OSB: Readings For Holy Week OSB Sister Joan Chittister 2011
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Recent financial stagnation has displaced Japanese men from their societal pedestals, because persistent unemployment clashes with traditional notions of machoism and submissive women.
Jane Buckingham: The Trend Triple Threat Jane Buckingham 2011
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But Strauss-Kahn's case and his reputation as a womanizer have also unleashed a passionate debate in France about machoism and sexuality in politics.
Strauss-Kahn's Political Fortunes in France Rise as Rape Case Unravels 2011
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But Strauss-Kahn's case and his reputation as a womanizer have also unleashed a passionate debate in France about machoism and sexuality in politics.
Strauss-Kahn's Political Fortunes in France Rise as Rape Case Unravels 2011
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Recent financial stagnation has displaced Japanese men from their societal pedestals, because persistent unemployment clashes with traditional notions of machoism and submissive women.
Jane Buckingham: The Trend Triple Threat Jane Buckingham 2011
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But Strauss-Kahn's case and his reputation as a womanizer have also unleashed a passionate debate in France about machoism and sexuality in politics.
Strauss-Kahn's Political Fortunes in France Rise as Rape Case Unravels 2011
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Recent financial stagnation has displaced Japanese men from their societal pedestals, because persistent unemployment clashes with traditional notions of machoism and submissive women.
Jane Buckingham: The Trend Triple Threat Jane Buckingham 2011
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