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pseudomasculine

pseudomasculine adjective: masculine or apparently masculine in certain aspects, but not truly masculine.

Adjective

pseudomasculine (comparative more pseudomasculine, superlative most pseudomasculine)

  1. masculine or apparently masculine in certain aspects, but not truly masculine

Forms of pseudomasculine

comparativemore pseudomasculine
superlativemost pseudomasculine

Origin of pseudomasculine

From pseudo- + masculine.

Questions about pseudomasculine

What does pseudomasculine mean?
Pseudomasculine means masculine or apparently masculine in certain aspects, but not truly masculine.
What part of speech is pseudomasculine?
Pseudomasculine is an adjective.

Words near pseudomasculine in the dictionary

  1. pseudomarriages
  2. pseudomartyr
  3. pseudomartyrdom
  4. pseudomartyrdoms
  5. pseudomartyrs
  6. pseudomasculine
  7. pseudomasculinity
  8. pseudomass
  9. pseudomasses
  10. pseudomathematical
  11. pseudomathematics

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