masculinity
/ˌmæskjəˈlɪnɪti/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.37 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "Steven Cohan highlights the suggestive qualities of Red Rivers dominant narrative, the opposition between the radically different masculinities Clift and Wayne represent: "the highly charged context between the soft boy and the hard man in '''Red River dramatizes such a shift in the mainstream culture's demands upon ''masculinity"."
- "“What this work shows is that masculinity is not just an ideology that men strive to achieve. It’s something we value as a culture,” said lead author Theresa Vescio, a professor of psychology and women’s, gender and sexuality studies at Pennsylvania State University."
Etymology
From French masculinité, from Old French, equivalent to masculine + -ity. Earlier in same sense was masculineness.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌmæskjəˈlɪnɪti/