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machismo|məˈtʃiːzməʊ|
[Mexican-Sp., f. mach(o masculine + -ismo -ism.]
The quality of being macho; male virility, masculine pride. Also attrib.
1948B. Griffith Amer. Me 50 Machismo makes a boy swear big round oaths as a youngster. 1962Listener 12 Apr. 649/1 The Mexican obsession with the concept of machismo, of masculinity. 1967McCormick & Mascareñas Compl. Aficionado iii. 74 To bite the cape like an animal while folding it is false machismo. 1969J. Mander Static Society i. 56 The exaggerated masculinity, the famous machismo, of the Mexican. 1969A. Marin Rise with Wind v. 63 The bus driver..drove with Latin machismo through a tangle of narrow streets. Ibid. x. 125 A eunuch was without machismo, that peculiar combination of pride and virility that was the essence of manliness. 1971Guardian 20 July 11/8 The contradictions, hypocrisy, and ‘machismo’ ideal in Puerto Rican culture. 1973Gagnon & Simon Sexual Conduct (1974) viii. 251 In the prison, toughness may substitute for intercourse as a measure of machismo. |