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New Men

New Men is the plural of New Man.

Meaning of New Man

Noun

New Man (plural New Men)

  1. A man who, rejecting sexist attitudes and traditional conceptions of masculinity, aims to be caring and sensitive, and to take a substantial role in the domestic routine.
    • When [Norman] Schwartzkopf shed a public tear for the Americans killed, wounded and captured in the 1990–91 Gulf War, he was roundly praised as a New Man.1999, Anthony McMahon, Taking Care of Men: Sexual Politics in the Public Mind, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 104

Questions about New Men

What is New Men the plural of?
New Men is the plural of New Man.

Words near New Men in the dictionary

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  4. new math
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  8. New Mexican
  9. New Mexicans
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