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manfiction

manfiction noun: literary fiction which appeals to, or is marketed toward, men, typically written by male authors and centering on male characters.

Noun

manfiction (uncountable)

  1. (informal) Literary fiction which appeals to, or is marketed toward, men, typically written by male authors and centering on male characters.
    • He sang the praises of Elmore Leonard, Chabon, Malamud and a host of tough-guy “manfiction” novelists, to use his affectionately satirical term.2007 March 18, Ben Neihart, “Prince of Darkness”, in The New York Times
    • And current manfiction certainly gives women a better deal than they got in the pulps of yesteryear, when most were presented as barracuda debs in frilly negligees.2008 October 12, Stephen King, “Who Says Real Men Don't Read?”, in Entertainment Weekly
    Synonyms:
    dick lit

Synonyms of manfiction

Origin of manfiction

From man + fiction.

Questions about manfiction

What does manfiction mean?
Manfiction means literary fiction which appeals to, or is marketed toward, men, typically written by male authors and centering on male characters.
What part of speech is manfiction?
Manfiction is a noun.

Words near manfiction in the dictionary

  1. Maneys
  2. manface
  3. manfaces
  4. manfern
  5. manferns
  6. manfiction
  7. manfluencer
  8. manfluencers
  9. manfra
  10. manfras
  11. Manfre

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