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masculinist

masculinist adjective: relating to or in accordance with masculinism.

Adjective

masculinist (not comparable)

  1. Relating to or in accordance with masculinism.
    • We live in a masculinist-oriented (as opposed to a feminist-oriented) society. That is, we live in a society which rewards masculine action, even if such action is taken by a woman.1985 April 27, Michael Zonta, “Men and the Sexual Revolution”, in Gay Community News, page 5
    • But evolutionary psychology, as it has been disseminated across mainstream consciousness, is a cranky and despotic Cyclops, its single eye glaring through an overwhelmingly masculinist lens. I say "masculinist" rather than male because the view of male behaviour promulgated by hard-core...1999 March 19, Natalie Angier, The Guardian

Noun

masculinist (plural masculinists)

  1. An advocate of masculinism.

Forms of masculinist

pluralmasculinists

Origin of masculinist

From masculine + -ist.

Words formed from masculinist

Questions about masculinist

What does masculinist mean?
Masculinist means relating to or in accordance with masculinism.
What part of speech is masculinist?
Masculinist can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near masculinist in the dictionary

  1. masculinised
  2. masculinises
  3. masculinising
  4. masculinism
  5. masculinisms
  6. masculinist
  7. masculinistic
  8. masculinistically
  9. masculinists
  10. masculinities
  11. masculinity

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