machismo

First attested 1940, from American Spanish machismo, from Spanish macho (“male”), + suffix -ismo (“-ism”).

• (US) IPA^(key): /mɑːˈtʃiz.moʊ/, /məˈtʃiz.moʊ/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /məˈkɪz.məʊ/ (due to a mistaken idea that it comes from Italian)
• Rhymes: -ɪzməʊ

machismo (usually uncountable, plural machismos)

1. exaggerated masculinity
   • Germaine Greer

     The tragedy of machismo is that a man is never quite man enough.

• machoism
• machoness

• femismo (rare)

• macho
• machoism
• machoistic
• machoistically

• braggadocio
• marianismo
• testeria

• machoism

macho (“male”) +‎ -ismo

• Rhymes: -izmo

machismo m (plural machismos)

1. machismo

• machista
• macho

machismo m (plural machismi)

1. machismo

machismo m (plural machismos)

1. male chauvinism, bigotry against women
2. machismo

• femismo

• macho

macho (“male”) +‎ -ismo

• Rhymes: -izmo

machismo m (plural machismos)

1. sexism, misogyny, male chauvinism

• hembrismo

• machista
• macho