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masculine

[mas-kyuh-lin] / ˈmæs kjə lɪn /


ADJECTIVE
of the male sex
Synonyms
STRONGEST
Antonyms
STRONGEST


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This character is all about this image of masculine perfection and masculine ego, and a supposed war hero.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

To compound matters, the masculine ego trap also tells a man that he’s not worthy of what he wants until he achieves some nebulous milestone that, again, sets him apart from other men.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

“We didn’t lose because we didn’t have masculine candidates,” she said.

From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026

It seems that when it comes to their perception in the workplace, Ms. O’Connell says, women can’t win: They’re criticized both for being too feminine and too masculine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

And the reason that was easy is that when we read or hear the name “John” or “Bob” or “Holly,” we don’t even have to think about whether it’s a masculine or a feminine name.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

The masculines far outnumber the feminines, and the neuters contain only ēage, eye and ēare, ear.

From Anglo-Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book with Inflections, Syntax, Selections for Reading, and Glossary by C. Alphonso (Charles Alphonso) Smith

"Dazzling, by God!" whispered some of the masculines that stood apart, and there were others that spoke not a word, but stood spell-bound at her majestic mien.

From Mistress Penwick by Dutton Payne

A century later, masculines without s in the nom. sing. take this consonant by analogy of the other masculines, giving leres as nom. similar to tors.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" by Various

All ending in N, P, S, or in the two compounds of this last, PS and X, are masculines.

From Aristotle on the art of poetry by Ingram Bywater

She had not succeeded in capturing a husband yet, but it seemed quite possible with all this influx of masculines.

From A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia by Amanda Minnie Douglas




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