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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

What McCarthy discovers is that in a society obsessed with male bravado, one that far too often values virility above vulnerability, it’s the knocking down of emotional walls that enables male friendships to thrive.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2026

Mr. Strong’s Oedipus is a commanding figure, exuding virility and seeming to tower over everyone around him, a pillar of rectitude and confidence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025

Youth and virility are big parts of masculinity.

From Slate ● Sep. 21, 2024

A fitness buff, he would often drop to the floor of the Caltech dining hall or other public areas and do one-armed pushups to demonstrate his virility to anyone who seemed inclined to doubt it.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

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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