Dictionary

masculinity en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌmæskjəˈlɪnɪti/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From French masculinité, from Old French, equivalent to masculine + -ity. Earlier in same sense was masculineness.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) The degree or property of being masculine or manly; manliness.
   • Over time, society's ideas of masculinity has greatly broadened.
   • Of the six homosexual patients, three men finally overcame the underlying vaginaphobia, increased their heterosexual activities, and enhanced their masculinity. 1971, American Journal of Psychotherapy, volume 25, page 657:
   • “What this work shows is that masculinity is not just an ideology that men strive to achieve. It’s something we value as a culture,” said lead author Theresa Vescio, a professor of psychology and women’s, gender and sexuality studies at Pennsylvania State University. 2021 January 9, Sandee LaMotte, “Valuing male dominance may predict support for Trump, study says”, in CNN:
   • Steven Cohan highlights the suggestive qualities of Red Rivers dominant narrative, the opposition between the radically different masculinities Clift and Wayne represent: "the highly charged context between the soft boy and the hard man in '''Red River dramatizes such a shift in the mainstream culture's demands upon ''masculinity". 2013, Elisabetta Girelli, Montgomery Clift, Queer Star, page 33:

Forms

Antonyms

womanlikeness · feminility · feminineness

Deriveds

pseudomasculinity · antimasculinity · hypermasculinity · hegemonic masculinity · ultramasculinity · cismasculinity · supermasculinity · fragile masculinity · transmasculinity · toxic masculinity · hypomasculinity

Relateds

masculinization · masculine · masculinize · male

Translations (59)

ka ვაჟკაცურობა (degree or property of being masculine) · lt vyriškùmas (degree or property of being masculine) · it mascolinità (degree or property of being masculine) · ko 남성성 (degree or property of being masculine) · el αρρενωπότητα (degree or property of being masculine) · sk mužnosť (degree or property of being masculine) · eu maskulinotasun (degree or property of being masculine) · ru маскули́нность (degree or property of being masculine) · sv maskulinitet (degree or property of being masculine) · ru му́жественность (degree or property of being masculine) · ro masculinitate (degree or property of being masculine) · sh mužévnōst (degree or property of being masculine) · lv vīrišķība (degree or property of being masculine) · fa مردانگی (degree or property of being masculine) · cmn 男子特徵 /男子特征 (degree or property of being masculine) · tr erillik (degree or property of being masculine) · ga fireannacht (degree or property of being masculine) · sh му̏шко̄ст (degree or property of being masculine) · fi maskuliinisuus (degree or property of being masculine) · te మగతనం (degree or property of being masculine) · nl mannelijkheid (degree or property of being masculine) · tr maskülenlik (degree or property of being masculine) · cs mužství (degree or property of being masculine) · tr maskülenite (degree or property of being masculine) · bg мъжественост (degree or property of being masculine) · fi miehekkyys (degree or property of being masculine) · hi मर्दानगी (degree or property of being masculine) · tr erkeklik (degree or property of being masculine) · tr erkeksilik (degree or property of being masculine) · hu férfiasság (degree or property of being masculine) · sh mȕškōst (degree or property of being masculine) · tg мардонагӣ (degree or property of being masculine) · mi tānetanga (degree or property of being masculine) · la virīlitās (degree or property of being masculine) · ta ஆண்மை (degree or property of being masculine) · mt maskulinità (degree or property of being masculine) · eo iĉeco (degree or property of being masculine) · ur مردانگی (degree or property of being masculine) · eo vireco (degree or property of being masculine) · bn পুরুষত্ব (degree or property of being masculine) · de Männlichkeit (degree or property of being masculine) · da maskulinitet (degree or property of being masculine) · de Maskulinität (degree or property of being masculine) · la masculīnitās (degree or property of being masculine) · tl pagkalalaki (degree or property of being masculine) · gl masculinidade (degree or property of being masculine) · id maskulinitas (degree or property of being masculine) · fr masculinité (degree or property of being masculine) · ga fearúlacht (degree or property of being masculine) · ca masculinitat (degree or property of being masculine) · ja 漢らしさ (degree or property of being masculine) · nl masculiniteit (degree or property of being masculine) · sh муже́вно̄ст (degree or property of being masculine) · pl męskość (degree or property of being masculine) · zu ubudoda (degree or property of being masculine) · lv vīrišķīgums (degree or property of being masculine) · ja 男らしさ (degree or property of being masculine) · es masculinidad (degree or property of being masculine) · pt masculinidade (degree or property of being masculine)