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Masculine vs Hypermasculinity - What's the difference?

masculine | hypermasculinity |

As nouns the difference between masculine and hypermasculinity

is that masculine is the masculine gender while hypermasculinity is the quality or exhibition of exaggerated masculine behavior or traits, especially strength and those of a violent, dominant, or sexual nature.

As an adjective masculine

is of or pertaining to the male gender; manly.

masculine

English

(wikipedia masculine)

Alternative forms

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Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to the male gender; manly.
  • Of or pertaining to the male sex; biologically male, not female.
  • * :
    • Thy masculine children, that is to say, thy sons.
  • Belonging to males; typically used by males.
    • “John”, “Paul” and “Jake” are masculine names.
  • Having the qualities stereotypically associated with men: virile, aggressive, not effeminate.
  • * :
    • That lady, after her husband's death, held the reins with a masculine energy.
  • * :
    • a masculine church.
  • (grammar) Of, pertaining or belonging to the male grammatical gender, in languages that have gender distinctions.
  • # (of a noun) Being of the masculine class, or grammatical gender, and inflected in that manner.
  • The noun ''Student'' is masculine in German.
  • # (of some other parts of speech) Being inflected in agreement with the masculine noun.
  • German uses the masculine of the definite article, ''der'', with ''Student''.

    • Synonyms

    * (of the male sex) male * (having qualities stereotypical of the male gender) manly, virile

    Antonyms

    * (of the male sex) female, womanly * (having qualities stereotypical of the male gender) emasculated, unmanly, epicene and effeminate * (grammar) feminine, neuter

    Derived terms

    * masculinely * masculineness * masculinity * masculinization * demasculinization * emasculate

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (grammar) The masculine gender.
  • *
  • (grammar) A word of the masculine gender.
  • *
  • That which is masculine.
  • *
  • A man.
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    • Anagrams

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    hypermasculinity

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The quality or exhibition of exaggerated masculine behavior or traits, especially strength and those of a violent, dominant, or sexual nature
  • * 1999 , Varda Burstyn, The rites of men: manhood, politics, and the culture of sport , page 192
    • These images glamourized and normalized violent standards of hypermasculinity

    Antonyms

    * hypomasculinity