beta male

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beta male (plural beta males)

  1. A male second in a social or group hierarchy and submissive to the alpha male.
    Synonym: beta
    • 2017, Angela Nagle, chapter 7, in Kill All Normies, Zero Books, →ISBN:
      Edward Norton's character is the conformist, emasculated, consumerist beta male while his alter ego of sorts, Durden, is the countercultural alpha because he is free from needing or being controlled by women.

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