masculinity
US/ˌmæskjəˈlɪnɪti/
masculinity noun: the degree or property of being masculine or manly; manliness.
Noun
masculinity (usually uncountable, plural masculinities)
- The degree or property of being masculine or manly; manliness.
- Over time, society's ideas of masculinity has greatly broadened.
- Of the six homosexual patients, three men finally overcame the underlying vaginaphobia, increased their heterosexual activities, and enhanced their masculinity.1971, American Journal of Psychotherapy, volume 25, page 657
masculinity meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
masculinity in Hindi
- degree or property of being masculine
- मर्दानगी mardāngī
masculinity in Tamil
- degree or property of being masculine
- ஆண்மை āṇmai
masculinity in Marathi
- पुरूषत्व
masculinity in Urdu
- degree or property of being masculine
- مردانگی mardāngī
More languagesFewer languages
- masculinity in Bengali
- পুরুষত্ব puruśotto
- masculinity in Telugu
- మగతనం magatanaṁ
- masculinity in Malayalam
- പൗരുഷം, ആണത്തം, ആണ്മ, പുരുഷത
- masculinity in Kannada
- ಪೌರುಷ pauruṣa
- masculinity in Punjabi
- ਮਰਦਾਨਗੀ, ਮਰਦਾਨਾਪਣ
- masculinity in Gujarati
- પુરુષત્વ, પુરૂષત્વ, મર્દાનગી
- masculinity in Odia
- ପୁରୁଷତ୍ୱ, ପୁରୁଷତ୍ବ
- masculinity in Nepali
- मर्दानगी
- masculinity in Tagalog
- pagkalalaki
- masculinity in Indonesian
- maskulinitas
- masculinity in Persian
- مردانگی mardânegi
Examples of masculinity in a sentence
- You will be charged with undermining western civilisation, destroying its masculinity and threatening its health.
- Also near eye level, his twig and berries taunt my emaciated masculinity.
- His version of masculinity is a parody of an über male (complete with the goose-steppy authoritarian umlaut).
Antonyms of masculinity
Forms of masculinity
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Origin of masculinity
From French masculinité, from Old French, equivalent to masculine + -ity. Earlier in same sense was masculineness.
Words formed from masculinity
Questions about masculinity
- What does masculinity mean?
- Masculinity means the degree or property of being masculine or manly; manliness.
- What is masculinity in Hindi?
- Masculinity in Hindi is मर्दानगी (mardāngī). See Masculinity meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is masculinity?
- Masculinity is a noun.
- How do you pronounce masculinity?
- Masculinity is pronounced /ˌmæskjəˈlɪnɪti/ (US).
- What is the plural of masculinity?
- The plural of masculinity is masculinities.
Words near masculinity in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: masculinity (page history and authors); masculinity (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); masculinity (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); ಪೌರುಷ (Kannada) (page history and authors); masculinity (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); masculinity (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); masculinity (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); masculinity (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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