Crossword clues for machismo
machismo
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
machismo \machismo\ n.
A strong, and by some considered exaggerated, sense of manly pride, associated with an attitude that the proper expression of masculinity includes virility, courage, and an entitlement to dominate, especially over women.
An exaggerated sense of power entitling one to dominate others; as, the civilian authorities occasionally need to rein in the military's machismo.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
n. exaggerated masculinity
WordNet
n. exaggerated masculinity
Wikipedia
Machismo is the funk/ R&B group Cameo's 1988 follow up to their album Word Up!. It includes the hits "You Make Me Work" and "Skin I'm In" which have both been issued on compilation albums. The album performed well, reaching #7 on the R&B charts.
Machismo is prominently exhibited or excessive masculinity .
Machismo may also refer to:
- Machismo (album), a 1988 album by Cameo
- "Machismo", an episode of the television series Criminal Minds
- Machismo E.P., a 2000 EP by Gomez
Machismo (; (from Spanish "macho", male); ) is the sense of being ' manly' and self-reliant, the concept associated with "a strong sense of masculine pride...[with] the supreme valuation of characteristics culturally associated with the masculine and by implication some say, a denigration of characteristics associated with the feminine." It is associated with "a man’s responsibility to provide for, protect, and defend his family." In revisionist American political usage, William Safire says it refers to the "condescension of the swaggering male; the trappings of manliness used to dominate women and keep them 'in their place.'"
The word has a long history in both Spain and Portugal as well as in Spanish and Portuguese languages. It was originally associated with the ideal societal role men were expected to play in their communities, most particularly, Iberian language-speaking societies and countries. in Portuguese and Spanish is a strictly masculine term, derived from the Latin mascŭlus meaning male (today or , c.f. Portuguese and now-obsolete for humans ; macho and , in their most common sense, are used for males of non-human animal species). Machos in Iberian-descended cultures are expected to possess and display bravery, courage and strength as well as wisdom and leadership, and ser macho (literally, "to be a macho") was an aspiration for all boys.
During the women's liberation movement of the 1960s and 70s, the term began to be used by Latin American feminists to describe male aggression and violence. The term was used by Latina feminists and scholars to criticize the patriarchal structure of gendered relations in Latino communities. Their goal was to describe a particular Latin American brand of patriarchy.
The English word "machismo" derives from the identical Spanish and Portuguese word. Portuguese and Spanish machismo refers to the assumption that masculinity is superior to femininity, a concept similar to R. W Connell's hegemonic masculinity, Presently in the sense that supposed feminine traits among males (or traits historically viewed as non-feminine among females, see marianismo) are to be deemed undesirable, socially reprovable or deviations. Gender roles make an important part of human identity as we conduct our identities through our historical and current social actions. Machismo's attitudes and behaviours may be frowned upon or encouraged at various degrees in various societies or subcultures – albeit it is frequently associated with more patriarchial undertones, primarily in present views on the past.
Usage examples of "machismo".
He seems to run on dumb male instinct, an outdated sense of machismo, and an associated ego problem!
Earth, planet of commercial machismo, where the foxiest crook called the shots.
It had none of the swaggering machismo, the feral edge, that most runner wannabes take on as a mantle of their profession.
Once he put the costume on, the costume put him on: instant machismo in high-heeled lizard boots.
He hated all the forced machismo, the glorification of dirt and cheap heroism.
Langdon reached the exit of the park, he swallowed his machismo and jammed on the brakes.
He wiped his mouth on his sleeve and, in a swaggering display of machismo, spun a chair around on its leg and straddled it.
Julie remembered to one of those critical that turned it a human conglomerate when saying that Zachary Benedict had the magnetism animal of Sean youthful Connery, the talent of a Newman, the charisma of Costner, the machismo of a young person Eastwood, the smooth one sophistication of Warren Beatty, the versatility of Michael Douglas and the attractiveness of Harrison Ford.
First, drinking from a can, whether it contains beer or soda pop, is a machismo thing, and in an age when we repress one machismo manifestation after another—old-style courtships, use of guns, certain speech patterns—young men are finding the beer can a last refuge.
And indeed these men had the dangerous look that Frank associated with machismo, the look of men who oppressed their women so cruelly that naturally the women struck back where they could, terrorizing sons who then terrorized wives who terrorized sons and so on and so on, in an endless death spiral of twisted love and sex hatred.