hypermasculinism

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English

Etymology

From hyper- +‎ masculinism or hypermasculine +‎ -ism.

Noun

hypermasculinism (uncountable)

  1. Excessive masculinity.
    • 2009, Carrie Noland, Barrett Watten, Diasporic Avant-Gardes: Experimental Poetics and Cultural Displacement, Palgrave MacMillan:
      Hyperracial fantasies likewise exist throughout the historical avant-garde, and gender politics take a particularly extreme form, leading to hypermasculinism.