Definitions for machismos

machismos ma·chis·mo

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

Machismos is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 294 anagrams from letters in machismos (achimmoss).

Definitions for machismos

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 machismos

1945-50, Americanism Spanish see macho, -ism

Examples for machismos

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

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

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

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

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

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

machismo was more meaningful to the average estate than education.

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

Word Value for machismos
Scrable

17

Words with friends

19

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