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English
Etymology
First attested 1940, from American Spanish machismo, from Spanish macho (“male”), + suffix -ismo (“-ism”).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /mɑːˈt͡ʃiz.moʊ/, /məˈt͡ʃiz.moʊ/
- (UK) IPA(key): /məˈkɪz.məʊ/ (due to a mistaken idea that it comes from Italian)
- Rhymes: -ɪzməʊ
Noun
machismo (usually uncountable, plural machismos)
- (informal) An excessive masculine pride.
- exaggerated masculinity
- September 1971, Germaine Greer, "My Mailer Problem", in Esquire
- The tragedy of machismo is that a man is never quite man enough.
- characteristic, behavior or particularity of Male; Macheza.
- (Latin American) male chauvinism, misogyny
1979 April 7, Rebecca Chase, “PSP Supports Gay Rights”, in Gay Community News, page 1: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."
2017, Sarah A. Topol, “Sons and Daughters”, in Harper's Magazine: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?
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Galician
Etymology
From macho (“male”) + -ismo.
Pronunciation
Noun
machismo m (plural machismos)
- male chauvinism, machismo, misogyny, sexism
Italian
Noun
machismo m (plural machismi)
- machismo
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Spanish machismo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maˈt͡ʂis.mɔ/
- Rhymes: -ismɔ
- Syllabification: ma‧chis‧mo
Noun
machismo n (indeclinable)
- machismo (exaggerated masculinity)
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Portuguese
Etymology
macho (“male”) + -ismo
Pronunciation
Noun
machismo m (plural machismos)
- male chauvinism, bigotry against women
- (by extension) sexism
- machismo
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Spanish
Etymology
From macho (“male”) + -ismo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maˈt͡ʃismo/
- Rhymes: -ismo
- Syllabification: ma‧chis‧mo
Noun
machismo m (plural machismos)
- male chauvinism, machismo, misogyny, sexism (a belief in the innate superiority of men over women)
- Antonym: hembrismo
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