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Masculinity
7 dictionary results for: Masculinity
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
mas·cu·line       [mas-kyuh-lin] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
2.having qualities traditionally ascribed to men, as strength and boldness.
3.Grammar. noting or pertaining to the gender of Latin, Greek, German, French, Spanish, Hebrew, etc., which has among its members most nouns referring to males, as well as other nouns, as Spanish dedo, “finger,” German Bleistift, “pencil.”
4.(of a woman) mannish.
–noun Grammar.
5.the masculine gender.
6.a noun or other element in or marking that gender.

[Origin: 1300–50; ME masculin < L masculīnus, equiv. to mascul(us) male (mās male + -culus -cule1) + -īnus -ine1]

mas·cu·line·ly, adverb
mas·cu·lin·i·ty, mas·cu·line·ness, noun

2. manly. See male.
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
mas·cu·lin·i·ty       (mās'kyə-lĭn'ĭ-tē)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. mas·cu·lin·i·ties
  1. The quality or condition of being masculine.
  2. Something traditionally considered to be characteristic of a male.

WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
masculinity

noun
1. the properties characteristic of the male sex [syn: maleness] [ant: femaleness
2. the trait of behaving in ways considered typical for men [ant: femininity

American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

masculinity mas·cu·lin·i·ty (mās'kyə-lĭn'ĭ-tē)
n.

  1. The quality or condition of being masculine.
  2. Something traditionally considered to be characteristic of a male.

Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Main Entry: mas·cu·lin·i·ty
Pronunciation: "mas-ky&-'lin-&t-E
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -ties
: the quality, state, or degree of being masculine masculinity or femininity —Psychological Abstracts>

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Masculinity

Mas`cu*lin"i*ty\, n. The state or quality of being masculine; masculineness.

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masculinity

masculinity: in CancerWEB's On-line Medical Dictionary

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