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all-male

all-male adjective: involving only men and boys.

Adjective

all-male (not comparable)

  1. Involving only men and boys.
    • Three years ago, Natalie Portman presented the best-director category at the Golden Globes with a sting in her voice. “Here are the all-male nominees,” she said.2021 February 10, Kyle Buchanan, quoting Natalie Portman, “It Could Be the Most Diverse Oscars Ever, but the Problem Isn’t Solved”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company...
    • “It’s hard to believe that as recently as 2011, 43% of the FTSE 350 [index] still had all-male boards,” Mary O’Connor, acting senior partner at KPMG UK, said in a statement.2021 February 24, Hannah Ziady, “All-male boardrooms are a thing of the past at Britain’s top companies”, in CNN Business
    Antonyms:
    all-female

Antonyms of all-male

Origin of all-male

From all- + male.

Questions about all-male

What does all-male mean?
All-male means involving only men and boys.
What part of speech is all-male?
All-male is an adjective.

Words near all-male in the dictionary

  1. all-kill
  2. all-kills
  3. all-knowing
  4. all-loving
  5. All-Maker
  6. all-male
  7. all-mighty
  8. all-natural
  9. all-new
  10. all-night
  11. all-night-man

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