Definition of new man in US English:
new man
nounˌn(y)o͞o ˈmanˌn(j)u ˈmæn
A man who rejects sexist attitudes and the traditional male role, especially in the context of domestic responsibilities and child care.
he is the epitome of a new man, leaving the office to arrive home in time to bath his daughter
Example sentencesExamples
- Particularly as the children all came from families where the husbands were new men and did the cooking and changed nappies, and the women held down professional jobs.
- For every sprinkling of new men, there are hundreds of thousands who aren't.
- Even the newest of new men likes to do the hunting.
- One woman, a partner in an international professional services firm, was not unusual in pointing out that all the close men in her life were ‘nurturing’ types or new men.
- Bly laid the foundations of a new men's movement, distributed New Warrior News and wrote Iron John, which became a bestseller.
- During the week and between parental visits most of the blokes here are or are tending towards becoming new men, sharing household and family tasks equally and equably.