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machoism

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ma·cho   (mä'chō)   
adj.  Characterized or motivated by machismo: "He was a mindless activist, a war lover, who found macho relish in danger and felt driven to prove manhood by confrontation" (Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.)
n.   pl. ma·chos
  1. Machismo.

  2. A person characterized by or exhibiting machismo.


[Spanish, male, from Latin masculus; see masculine.]
ma'cho·ism n.
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