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What is the difference between masculineness and masculine?

masculineness | masculine | Derived terms |

Masculineness is a derived term of masculine.


As nouns the difference between masculineness and masculine

is that masculineness is the state or condition of being masculine while masculine is (grammar) the masculine gender.

As a adjective masculine is

pertaining to male humans, men:.

masculineness

English

Noun

(-)
  • The state or condition of being masculine.
  • Synonyms

    * masculinity

    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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