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beta males

beta males is the plural of beta male.

Meaning of beta male

Noun

beta male (plural beta males)

  1. A male second in a social or group hierarchy and submissive to the alpha male.
    • Edward Norton's character is the conformist, emasculated, consumerist beta male while his alter ego of sorts, Durden, is the countercultural alpha because he is free from needing or being controlled by women.2017, Angela Nagle, chapter 7, in Kill All Normies, Zero Books, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    beta

Questions about beta males

What is beta males the plural of?
Beta males is the plural of beta male.

Words near beta males in the dictionary

  1. Beta Israel
  2. Beta Israelite
  3. Beta Leonis
  4. Beta Lyrae
  5. beta male
  6. beta males
  7. beta movement
  8. beta movements
  9. beta orbiter
  10. beta orbiters
  11. Beta Orionis

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