Definition of manhood in English:

manhood

noun ˈmanhʊdˈmænˌhʊd

mass noun

1The state or period of being a man rather than a child.
boys in the process of growing to manhood
Example sentencesExamples
- His voice was just changing from its higher tones of youth to the deeper ones of his manhood.
- Danger, thrills, spills, and rebellion are all part of being a boy growing into manhood.
- This was the passage to the second cycle of life, manhood.
- All Laotian men are expected to become monks, usually in early manhood, before marriage.
- It's a coming of age story where we see the different stages of manhood.
- For here is the real conflict by which we move into manhood and maturity.
- This begins what becomes an obsessive quest, as Ronan - from adolescence to manhood - tracks the storyteller's whereabouts across the lanes of Ireland.
- William had no siblings or friends to comfort him as he grew to manhood.
- The thing that made him stand out to her was how he changed in each of her dreams, growing and maturing from adolescence to manhood.
- To the same degree that Hughes defines manhood through compassion, Du Bois defines manhood through intellectual curiosity.
- His early manhood was partly devoted to using the second to overcome the first.
- The son of an English tenant farmer, he received a good education and little else in the Lincolnshire community where he grew to manhood.
- In his early days Paddy was a kind and quiet boy and as he grew into manhood he didn't change.
- Hymer is a young Swedish Viking in his early manhood and the heir to a village chief.
- His continued success has allowed him to grow into manhood with a healthy sense of self, and a record label called Audio Research.
- So he both keeps his one love and loses those he has grown to manhood among, or he loses the one good thing in his life to keep all the things that he has always known.
- In the 1380s, as he grew to manhood, his influence on affairs gradually increased.
- Their eldest son is reaching manhood, and must be about my age.
- Two men - a boy who grows into early manhood and an old ascetic priest, the lama - are at the centre of the novel.
- His childhood was lost, at the age of ten, and on that creaky floor his manhood began.
Synonyms
maturity, sexual maturity, adulthood
1. 1.1 The qualities traditionally associated with men, such as courage, strength, and sexual potency.
  we drank to prove our manhood
  Example sentencesExamples
  These sports serve to define dominant masculinity, connecting manhood with violence and competitiveness and often marginalising girls and women.
  Their coach questions everything from their heart to their courage to their brains to their manhood to their commitment.
  The court made every effort to actively link men to their sexual abilities by publicizing these proofs of manhood.
  Confronting ghostly apparitions of Annabel, he is overwhelmed by guilt for forcing her to have children to prove his manhood.
  No critique of American culture and manhood is complete without a discussion of athletics and the color line that long pervaded American sports.
  His is an elusive quest for self despite prescriptive notions of manhood and sexual identity.
  She says that she has truly found a partner in life with Glenn, who is secure in his manhood, even when people make the mistake of calling him Mr. Greenwood.
  Entering Nunnington Hall is like stepping back to the heyday of the British Empire when English gentlemen proved their manhood by shooting game and fighting in wars.
  This scene is particularly important since in the very act of proving his manhood, the hero loses it completely.
  We're living in an era of greatly diminished expectations for heroes and further diminished standards for manhood among mere mortals.
  For a man like him, a daredevil skier and helicopter pilot, being mayor would also be a supreme test of manhood.
  None of the video's characters embodies active manhood.
  In certain African tribes, one had to slay a lion to prove one's manhood.
  Did they think they were proving their manhood by doing this?
  The cops were itching for a fight, and to prove their manhood.
  Literature refutes both people who think gender should be abolished and people who have overly-narrow views of womanhood or manhood.
  Henry has to prove his manhood by juggling a wife and a full-time mistress.
  Given the fact that manhood is associated with power, and being powerless is seen as unmanly, violence becomes a means to prove otherwise to others and oneself.
  Masculinity and manhood have nothing to do with whom you sleep with or whom you love.
  The negative images against which manhood has been constructed, such as womanhood, boyhood, dependency, slavery, and racial and class difference, will be examined.
  Synonyms
  virility, manliness, machismo, masculinity, maleness
  mettle, spirit, fortitude, resolution, determination, manfulness, bravery, courage, strength, intrepidity, valour, heroism, boldness
2. 1.2 The men of a country or society regarded collectively.
  Germany had lost the best of her young manhood
  Example sentencesExamples
  The names of the fallen - sometimes a family's entire fine crop of young manhood - feature on those war memorials and on the roll of honour in memorial halls.
3. 1.3one's manhoodinformal Used euphemistically to refer to a man's penis.
  car worker Dave nearly lost his manhood on the production line
  Example sentencesExamples
  He kneed me from behind, getting the more sensitive part of my manhood.
2archaic The condition of being human.
the unity of Godhead and manhood in Christ

Definition of manhood in US English:

manhood

nounˈmanˌho͝odˈmænˌhʊd

1The state or period of being a man rather than a child.
boys in the process of growing to manhood
Example sentencesExamples
- His early manhood was partly devoted to using the second to overcome the first.
- Their eldest son is reaching manhood, and must be about my age.
- To the same degree that Hughes defines manhood through compassion, Du Bois defines manhood through intellectual curiosity.
- His childhood was lost, at the age of ten, and on that creaky floor his manhood began.
- In the 1380s, as he grew to manhood, his influence on affairs gradually increased.
- The thing that made him stand out to her was how he changed in each of her dreams, growing and maturing from adolescence to manhood.
- The son of an English tenant farmer, he received a good education and little else in the Lincolnshire community where he grew to manhood.
- In his early days Paddy was a kind and quiet boy and as he grew into manhood he didn't change.
- William had no siblings or friends to comfort him as he grew to manhood.
- Two men - a boy who grows into early manhood and an old ascetic priest, the lama - are at the centre of the novel.
- This begins what becomes an obsessive quest, as Ronan - from adolescence to manhood - tracks the storyteller's whereabouts across the lanes of Ireland.
- All Laotian men are expected to become monks, usually in early manhood, before marriage.
- His continued success has allowed him to grow into manhood with a healthy sense of self, and a record label called Audio Research.
- His voice was just changing from its higher tones of youth to the deeper ones of his manhood.
- Danger, thrills, spills, and rebellion are all part of being a boy growing into manhood.
- For here is the real conflict by which we move into manhood and maturity.
- It's a coming of age story where we see the different stages of manhood.
- This was the passage to the second cycle of life, manhood.
- So he both keeps his one love and loses those he has grown to manhood among, or he loses the one good thing in his life to keep all the things that he has always known.
- Hymer is a young Swedish Viking in his early manhood and the heir to a village chief.
Synonyms
maturity, sexual maturity, adulthood
1. 1.1 Men, especially those of a country, regarded collectively.
  Germany had lost the best of her young manhood
  Example sentencesExamples
  The names of the fallen - sometimes a family's entire fine crop of young manhood - feature on those war memorials and on the roll of honour in memorial halls.
2. 1.2 Qualities traditionally associated with men, such as courage, strength, and sexual potency.
  we drank to prove our manhood
  Example sentencesExamples
  Literature refutes both people who think gender should be abolished and people who have overly-narrow views of womanhood or manhood.
  None of the video's characters embodies active manhood.
  She says that she has truly found a partner in life with Glenn, who is secure in his manhood, even when people make the mistake of calling him Mr. Greenwood.
  Confronting ghostly apparitions of Annabel, he is overwhelmed by guilt for forcing her to have children to prove his manhood.
  This scene is particularly important since in the very act of proving his manhood, the hero loses it completely.
  These sports serve to define dominant masculinity, connecting manhood with violence and competitiveness and often marginalising girls and women.
  In certain African tribes, one had to slay a lion to prove one's manhood.
  Henry has to prove his manhood by juggling a wife and a full-time mistress.
  The court made every effort to actively link men to their sexual abilities by publicizing these proofs of manhood.
  We're living in an era of greatly diminished expectations for heroes and further diminished standards for manhood among mere mortals.
  His is an elusive quest for self despite prescriptive notions of manhood and sexual identity.
  Did they think they were proving their manhood by doing this?
  Entering Nunnington Hall is like stepping back to the heyday of the British Empire when English gentlemen proved their manhood by shooting game and fighting in wars.
  Their coach questions everything from their heart to their courage to their brains to their manhood to their commitment.
  No critique of American culture and manhood is complete without a discussion of athletics and the color line that long pervaded American sports.
  The negative images against which manhood has been constructed, such as womanhood, boyhood, dependency, slavery, and racial and class difference, will be examined.
  The cops were itching for a fight, and to prove their manhood.
  Masculinity and manhood have nothing to do with whom you sleep with or whom you love.
  Given the fact that manhood is associated with power, and being powerless is seen as unmanly, violence becomes a means to prove otherwise to others and oneself.
  For a man like him, a daredevil skier and helicopter pilot, being mayor would also be a supreme test of manhood.
  Synonyms
  virility, manliness, machismo, masculinity, maleness
3. 1.3archaic The condition of being human.
  the unity of Godhead and manhood in Christ
4. 1.4one's manhoodinformal Used euphemistically to refer to a man's genitals.
  Example sentencesExamples
  He kneed me from behind, getting the more sensitive part of my manhood.

单词	manhood
释义	Definition of manhood in English: manhood noun ˈmanhʊdˈmænˌhʊd mass noun 1The state or period of being a man rather than a child. boys in the process of growing to manhood Example sentencesExamples His voice was just changing from its higher tones of youth to the deeper ones of his manhood. Danger, thrills, spills, and rebellion are all part of being a boy growing into manhood. This was the passage to the second cycle of life, manhood. All Laotian men are expected to become monks, usually in early manhood, before marriage. It's a coming of age story where we see the different stages of manhood. For here is the real conflict by which we move into manhood and maturity. This begins what becomes an obsessive quest, as Ronan - from adolescence to manhood - tracks the storyteller's whereabouts across the lanes of Ireland. William had no siblings or friends to comfort him as he grew to manhood. The thing that made him stand out to her was how he changed in each of her dreams, growing and maturing from adolescence to manhood. To the same degree that Hughes defines manhood through compassion, Du Bois defines manhood through intellectual curiosity. His early manhood was partly devoted to using the second to overcome the first. The son of an English tenant farmer, he received a good education and little else in the Lincolnshire community where he grew to manhood. In his early days Paddy was a kind and quiet boy and as he grew into manhood he didn't change. Hymer is a young Swedish Viking in his early manhood and the heir to a village chief. His continued success has allowed him to grow into manhood with a healthy sense of self, and a record label called Audio Research. So he both keeps his one love and loses those he has grown to manhood among, or he loses the one good thing in his life to keep all the things that he has always known. In the 1380s, as he grew to manhood, his influence on affairs gradually increased. Their eldest son is reaching manhood, and must be about my age. Two men - a boy who grows into early manhood and an old ascetic priest, the lama - are at the centre of the novel. His childhood was lost, at the age of ten, and on that creaky floor his manhood began. Synonyms maturity, sexual maturity, adulthood 1.1 The qualities traditionally associated with men, such as courage, strength, and sexual potency. we drank to prove our manhood Example sentencesExamples These sports serve to define dominant masculinity, connecting manhood with violence and competitiveness and often marginalising girls and women. Their coach questions everything from their heart to their courage to their brains to their manhood to their commitment. The court made every effort to actively link men to their sexual abilities by publicizing these proofs of manhood. Confronting ghostly apparitions of Annabel, he is overwhelmed by guilt for forcing her to have children to prove his manhood. No critique of American culture and manhood is complete without a discussion of athletics and the color line that long pervaded American sports. His is an elusive quest for self despite prescriptive notions of manhood and sexual identity. She says that she has truly found a partner in life with Glenn, who is secure in his manhood, even when people make the mistake of calling him Mr. Greenwood. Entering Nunnington Hall is like stepping back to the heyday of the British Empire when English gentlemen proved their manhood by shooting game and fighting in wars. This scene is particularly important since in the very act of proving his manhood, the hero loses it completely. We're living in an era of greatly diminished expectations for heroes and further diminished standards for manhood among mere mortals. For a man like him, a daredevil skier and helicopter pilot, being mayor would also be a supreme test of manhood. None of the video's characters embodies active manhood. In certain African tribes, one had to slay a lion to prove one's manhood. Did they think they were proving their manhood by doing this? The cops were itching for a fight, and to prove their manhood. Literature refutes both people who think gender should be abolished and people who have overly-narrow views of womanhood or manhood. Henry has to prove his manhood by juggling a wife and a full-time mistress. Given the fact that manhood is associated with power, and being powerless is seen as unmanly, violence becomes a means to prove otherwise to others and oneself. Masculinity and manhood have nothing to do with whom you sleep with or whom you love. The negative images against which manhood has been constructed, such as womanhood, boyhood, dependency, slavery, and racial and class difference, will be examined. Synonyms virility, manliness, machismo, masculinity, maleness mettle, spirit, fortitude, resolution, determination, manfulness, bravery, courage, strength, intrepidity, valour, heroism, boldness 1.2 The men of a country or society regarded collectively. Germany had lost the best of her young manhood Example sentencesExamples The names of the fallen - sometimes a family's entire fine crop of young manhood - feature on those war memorials and on the roll of honour in memorial halls. 1.3one's manhoodinformal Used euphemistically to refer to a man's penis. car worker Dave nearly lost his manhood on the production line Example sentencesExamples He kneed me from behind, getting the more sensitive part of my manhood. 2archaic The condition of being human. the unity of Godhead and manhood in Christ Definition of manhood in US English: manhood nounˈmanˌho͝odˈmænˌhʊd 1The state or period of being a man rather than a child. boys in the process of growing to manhood Example sentencesExamples His early manhood was partly devoted to using the second to overcome the first. Their eldest son is reaching manhood, and must be about my age. To the same degree that Hughes defines manhood through compassion, Du Bois defines manhood through intellectual curiosity. His childhood was lost, at the age of ten, and on that creaky floor his manhood began. In the 1380s, as he grew to manhood, his influence on affairs gradually increased. The thing that made him stand out to her was how he changed in each of her dreams, growing and maturing from adolescence to manhood. The son of an English tenant farmer, he received a good education and little else in the Lincolnshire community where he grew to manhood. In his early days Paddy was a kind and quiet boy and as he grew into manhood he didn't change. William had no siblings or friends to comfort him as he grew to manhood. Two men - a boy who grows into early manhood and an old ascetic priest, the lama - are at the centre of the novel. This begins what becomes an obsessive quest, as Ronan - from adolescence to manhood - tracks the storyteller's whereabouts across the lanes of Ireland. All Laotian men are expected to become monks, usually in early manhood, before marriage. His continued success has allowed him to grow into manhood with a healthy sense of self, and a record label called Audio Research. His voice was just changing from its higher tones of youth to the deeper ones of his manhood. Danger, thrills, spills, and rebellion are all part of being a boy growing into manhood. For here is the real conflict by which we move into manhood and maturity. It's a coming of age story where we see the different stages of manhood. This was the passage to the second cycle of life, manhood. So he both keeps his one love and loses those he has grown to manhood among, or he loses the one good thing in his life to keep all the things that he has always known. Hymer is a young Swedish Viking in his early manhood and the heir to a village chief. Synonyms maturity, sexual maturity, adulthood 1.1 Men, especially those of a country, regarded collectively. Germany had lost the best of her young manhood Example sentencesExamples The names of the fallen - sometimes a family's entire fine crop of young manhood - feature on those war memorials and on the roll of honour in memorial halls. 1.2 Qualities traditionally associated with men, such as courage, strength, and sexual potency. we drank to prove our manhood Example sentencesExamples Literature refutes both people who think gender should be abolished and people who have overly-narrow views of womanhood or manhood. None of the video's characters embodies active manhood. She says that she has truly found a partner in life with Glenn, who is secure in his manhood, even when people make the mistake of calling him Mr. Greenwood. Confronting ghostly apparitions of Annabel, he is overwhelmed by guilt for forcing her to have children to prove his manhood. This scene is particularly important since in the very act of proving his manhood, the hero loses it completely. These sports serve to define dominant masculinity, connecting manhood with violence and competitiveness and often marginalising girls and women. In certain African tribes, one had to slay a lion to prove one's manhood. Henry has to prove his manhood by juggling a wife and a full-time mistress. The court made every effort to actively link men to their sexual abilities by publicizing these proofs of manhood. We're living in an era of greatly diminished expectations for heroes and further diminished standards for manhood among mere mortals. His is an elusive quest for self despite prescriptive notions of manhood and sexual identity. Did they think they were proving their manhood by doing this? Entering Nunnington Hall is like stepping back to the heyday of the British Empire when English gentlemen proved their manhood by shooting game and fighting in wars. Their coach questions everything from their heart to their courage to their brains to their manhood to their commitment. No critique of American culture and manhood is complete without a discussion of athletics and the color line that long pervaded American sports. The negative images against which manhood has been constructed, such as womanhood, boyhood, dependency, slavery, and racial and class difference, will be examined. The cops were itching for a fight, and to prove their manhood. Masculinity and manhood have nothing to do with whom you sleep with or whom you love. Given the fact that manhood is associated with power, and being powerless is seen as unmanly, violence becomes a means to prove otherwise to others and oneself. For a man like him, a daredevil skier and helicopter pilot, being mayor would also be a supreme test of manhood. Synonyms virility, manliness, machismo, masculinity, maleness 1.3archaic The condition of being human. the unity of Godhead and manhood in Christ 1.4one's manhoodinformal Used euphemistically to refer to a man's genitals. Example sentencesExamples He kneed me from behind, getting the more sensitive part of my manhood.
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