machismo
/mɑːˈt͡ʃiz.moʊ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.49 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The tragedy of machismo is that a man is never quite man enough."
- "With machismo, Christian nationalism and callousness toward the lives of US troops, they say, Hegseth’s puerile displays on TV are aimed at sating Trump’s desire for a warmonger worthy of the manosphere."
- "PSP [Puerto Rican Socialist Party] spokesperson Victor Lopez-Tosado told GCN: "[…] The party is mainly organized in a Latin American country where oppression, as a result of machismo, etc., to homosexuals is very common.""
- "The Dominican Republic is traditionally regarded as a patriarchal island brimming with machismo — where, indeed, a recent U.S. ambassador was publicly vilified for bringing his husband to his posting. It was, and is, an unlikely place to find an enclave of acceptance. So what explains this unique tolerance?"
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /mɑːˈt͡ʃiz.moʊ/
- British English: /mæˈt͡ʃɪz.məʊ/