masculinity - Definitions from Dictionary.com

4 results for: masculinity

Discover true manhood
DVD resource defines masculinity with insight for husbands & dads
www.LifeWay.com/MensFraternity

Sponsored Link

mas·cu·line

Audio Help [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

]

—Related forms

mas·cu·line·ly, adverb

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

—Synonyms 2. manly. See male.

Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.

Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
masculinity

To learn more about masculinity visit Britannica.com

mas·cu·lin·i·ty Audio Help (mās'kyə-lĭn'ĭ-tē) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. mas·cu·lin·i·ties

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]