masculinity

Synonyms for masculinity

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Antonyms for masculinity

noun. physical maturity and strength of adult male or female

noun. male or female gender

noun. sexual character

noun. physical maturity and strength of adult male or female

Word Origin & History

1748; see masculine + -ity. Earlier in same sense was masculineness (1660s).

The question then arises why is the qualification of masculinity required?

Our former ideas of femininity and of masculinity were faulty.

Poor old Pa was the shining example of masculinity in her eyes.

He also seriously thought that sensitiveness was a part of masculinity.

These are all of a kind suited to young Japanese masculinity.

Four boys seemed a superfluity of masculinity in one household.

The ancient kings were the joyous apotheosis of masculinity.

There was something in his masculinity that never suggested sex.

The "College" type makes a cult of masculinity of body and of brain.

Man is something only as my quality (property), like masculinity or femininity.