Definitions for machismo

machismo ma·chis·mo

Spelling: [mah-cheez-moh, -chiz-, muh-]
IPA: /mɑˈtʃiz moʊ, -ˈtʃɪz-, mə-/

Machismo is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 240 anagrams from letters in machismo (achimmos).

Definitions for machismo

noun

  1. a strong or exaggerated sense of manliness; an assumptive attitude that virility, courage, strength, and entitlement to dominate are attributes or concomitants of masculinity.
  2. a strong or exaggerated sense of power or the right to dominate:

Origin of machismo

1945-50, Americanism Spanish see macho, -ism

Examples for machismo

The play is about violence, machismo, poverty, desperation, and surrogate-father figures.

It was the age of unbridled excess, avarice, and machismo gone haywire.

But what I hear about the role of women is often inspired by an ideology of machismo.

Violence against women continues to plague Turkey, and a pioneering new female political party blames Erdogan's machismo.

What it signified was obvious: the machismo inherent to youth sports that parents crave.

Pawlenty clearly sees hockey (and beer) as linemates in his quest for machismo.

machismo was more meaningful to the average estate than education.

She talked about being a woman in a minority where "the machismo of the Sabra"—a native-born Israeli—is still supreme.

The smartest thing Bush does is drop the machismo that characterized so much of his term of office.

The machismo of Afghan male culture apparently coexists with a little-noted passion for gardening.

Word Value for machismo
Scrable

17

Words with friends

19

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