masculinism

masculinism noun: an ideology of masculinity or of male rights; considered as opposed to feminism.

Noun

masculinism (usually uncountable, plural masculinisms)

(usually) An ideology of masculinity or of male rights; considered as opposed to feminism.
- While only women can participate in the building of a feminist culture, without the interference — however well-intentioned — of men, men can facilitate that process by refusing to participate in the old order of masculinism.1981 August 15, Cliff Flanders, “Anti-Masculinists”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 5, page 4
- […] the transition to liberal capitalism offers men the opportunity of putting a greatly increased social distance between themselves and women. It is the rise of masculinism which is the primary characteristic of gender relations in Eastern Europe today.1996, Peggy Watson, "The Rise of Masculinism in Eastern Europe", chapter 6 of Monica Threlfall (editor), Mapping the Women’s Movement, Verso, page 216
(usually) Mannishness.
- The greater part of these various anatomical peculiarities and functional anomalies point, more or less clearly, to the prevalence among inverts of a tendency to infantilism, combined with feminism in men and masculinism in women1927, Havelock Ellis, Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 (of 6)

[…] a lonely straight male had no equivalently forgiving Theory of Masculinism to help him out of this bind, this key to all misogynies: […]2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections:
Each is laden with assumptions and appropriations that, in discursive terms, reinforce a culture of masculinism – the cultural dominance of the male (in the public sphere).2002, Stephen M. Whitehead, Men and Masculinities, Wiley-Blackwell, →ISBN, page 115:
However, it is possible to examine the broader historical contours of masculinism – the ideology that justifies male domination – and the masculinist institutions that endorse masculinism […]2007, Satoshi Ikedia, “Masculinity and masculinism under globalization: Reflections on the Canadian case”, chapter 6 of Marjorie Griffin...

plural	masculinisms

From masculine + -ism, as opposed to feminism.

What does masculinism mean?: Masculinism means an ideology of masculinity or of male rights; considered as opposed to feminism.
How do you use masculinism in a sentence?: […] a lonely straight male had no equivalently forgiving Theory of Masculinism to help him out of this bind, this key to all misogynies: […]
What part of speech is masculinism?: Masculinism is a noun.
What is the plural of masculinism?: The plural of masculinism is masculinisms.

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