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virility

[vuh-ril-i-tee] / vəˈrɪl ɪ ti /


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Male infertility can often be mixed up with ideas of virility and masculinity, making it more difficult for some men to acknowledge or discuss the problem.

From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026

But behind the staged virility lies a ruler unusually preoccupied with bodily decline.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

Still, experts say the Grinch’s 2025 glow-up likely owes as much to holiday exhaustion and broad consumer pessimism as it does vertical video virility.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 25, 2025

Chocolate, which was once a symbol of power and virility, took on more feminine connotations once women could enjoy it.

From Salon ● Feb. 17, 2025

He, after all, had no standards of manliness, of virility, to complicate his pride.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

But, within weeks, he was at work on a chipper mural for the men’s lounge at Radio City Music Hall: orchestrated virilities of smoking, card playing, motoring, horse racing, sailing, and a barber pole.

From The New Yorker ● Jun. 13, 2016

And so, toward the end of his year, he was physically not far from where he had been on coming to Deutschland for the sake of its inspiring virilities.

From Villa Elsa A Story of German Family Life by Stuart Oliver Henry




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