machismo's Usage Examples:

There's a certain machismo about who can take the most calls.

That causing religious offense should be regarded a sign of western machismo is obscene.

The masculine image of contemporary queer fashion thus embodies the eroticism of maleness without the violent menace of heterosexual machismo.

Acts of political machismo could herald serious danger during the electioneering period.

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Beneath the bluster and machismo, he was - both his grandson and Bogdanovich insist - an immensely cultured, well-read man.

His over-the-top personality was a mixture of confidence, humor, and a slight bit of machismo.

Samantha adores men that have sensitive and sweet characteristics instead of tough guys always trying to show machismo.

All of the men in the family tried to prove their machismo by watching football instead of helping prepare food.

The boys fighting over a girl in the schoolyard was a classic display of machismo.

Synonyms:

masculinity,

Antonyms:

femaleness, femininity,