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Masculinity   /mˌæskjəlˈɪnəti/   Listen
Masculinity

noun
1.
The properties characteristic of the male sex.  Synonym: maleness.
2.
The trait of behaving in ways considered typical for men.





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"Masculinity" Quotes from Famous Books



... lean back and watch him. To her there was something very attractive about the set of his well-modeled head upon the broad shoulders. He had just been shaved, and the scent of the soap wafted to her a pleasant sense of intimacy with his masculinity. She could see the line above which the tiny white hairs grew thick on the bronzed cheeks. A strange delight stirred in her maiden heart, a joy in his physical well-being that longed for ...
— A Daughter of the Dons - A Story of New Mexico Today • William MacLeod Raine
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... braid; wore it with a bit of a conscious air, yet with that grace which long use and habit lend; with piquancy, too, for she was the least masculine of girls in mind and manner, and her delicate face with its golden curls bloomed like a flower on a strange stalk, above the assertive masculinity ...
— The Madigans • Miriam Michelson
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... about to hand one of the documents to Ransie. The voice of Ariela delayed the transfer. Both men looked at her. Their dull masculinity was confronted by something sudden and ...
— Whirligigs • O. Henry
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... face, almost beardless. I regarded it closely. A face that would have been beautiful without its masculine touch of heavy black brows and firmly set jaw. His voice as he spoke was low and soft; but at the end, with the concluding words, "I am innocent!" it flashed into strong masculinity. His eyes, shaded with long girlish black lashes, by chance met mine. "I am innocent." His curving sensuous lips drew down ...
— Brigands of the Moon • Ray Cummings
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Words linked to "Masculinity" :   machismo, femaleness, tomboyishness, manfulness, femininity, trait, boyishness, sexuality, gender, masculine, hoydenism, sex, manliness, virility, maleness


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