machismo

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English

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Etymology

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First attested 1940, from American Spanish machismo, from Spanish macho (male), + suffix -ismo (-ism).

Pronunciation

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  • (US) IPA(key): /mɑːˈt͡ʃiz.moʊ/, /məˈt͡ʃiz.moʊ/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /məˈkɪz.məʊ/ (due to a mistaken idea that it comes from Italian)
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪzməʊ

Noun

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machismo (usually uncountable, plural machismos)

  1. (informal) An excessive masculine pride.
  2. exaggerated masculinity
    • September 1971, Germaine Greer, "My Mailer Problem", in Esquire
      The tragedy of machismo is that a man is never quite man enough.
  3. characteristic, behavior or particularity of Male; Macheza.
  4. (Latin American) male chauvinism, misogyny
    • 1979 April 7, Rebecca Chase, “PSP Supports Gay Rights”, in Gay Community News, page 1:
      PSP [Puerto Rican Socialist Party] spokesperson Victor Lopez-Tosado told GCN: " [] The party is mainly organized in a Latin American country where oppression, as a result of machismo, etc., to homosexuals is very common."
    • 2017, Sarah A. Topol, “Sons and Daughters”, in Harper's Magazine[1]:
      The Dominican Republic is traditionally regarded as a patriarchal island brimming with machismo — where, indeed, a recent U.S. ambassador was publicly vilified for bringing his husband to his posting. It was, and is, an unlikely place to find an enclave of acceptance. So what explains this unique tolerance?

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Galician

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Etymology

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From macho (male) +‎ -ismo.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /maˈt͡ʃismo/ [maˈt͡ʃiz̺.mʊ]
  • Rhymes: -ismo

Noun

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machismo m (plural machismos)

  1. male chauvinism, machismo, misogyny, sexism
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Italian

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Noun

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machismo m (plural machismi)

  1. machismo

Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from Spanish machismo.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /maˈt͡ʂis.mɔ/
  • Rhymes: -ismɔ
  • Syllabification: ma‧chis‧mo

Noun

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machismo n (indeclinable)

  1. machismo (exaggerated masculinity)
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Further reading

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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macho (male) +‎ -ismo

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  • Hyphenation: ma‧chis‧mo

Noun

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machismo m (plural machismos)

  1. male chauvinism, bigotry against women
  2. (by extension) sexism
  3. machismo

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Spanish

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Etymology

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From macho (male) +‎ -ismo.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /maˈt͡ʃismo/ [maˈt͡ʃiz.mo]
  • Rhymes: -ismo
  • Syllabification: ma‧chis‧mo

Noun

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machismo m (plural machismos)

  1. male chauvinism, machismo, misogyny, sexism (a belief in the innate superiority of men over women)
    Antonym: hembrismo
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