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machodom

machodom noun: the realm, sphere, or world of the macho; those who are macho, taken collectively.

Noun

machodom (uncountable)

  1. The realm, sphere, or world of the macho; those who are macho, taken collectively
    • These boys are cast as heroes of American machodom, and machodom has a problem with gender. Perhaps because it is as ignorant as a post, machodom does not realize that armies and navies and sports teams from Achilles and Patroclus through Nelson's navy to the Gulf War have been built on...1999, Deirdre N. McCloskey, Crossing
    • A foodie, domestic male is not a figure emasculated, but rather one of privilege, spared the humiliations and injurious defeats of machodom.2008, Ritch Calvin, Gilmore Girls and the Politics of Identity

Origin of machodom

From macho + -dom. Compare German Machotum (“machismo”).

Questions about machodom

What does machodom mean?
Machodom means the realm, sphere, or world of the macho; those who are macho, taken collectively.
What part of speech is machodom?
Machodom is a noun.

Words near machodom in the dictionary

  1. macho dancers
  2. macho man
  3. macho men
  4. macho up
  5. macho-ish
  6. machodom
  7. machoed up
  8. machoflops
  9. machohood
  10. machoing up
  11. machoish

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