Machismo
Machismo is a prominently exhibited or excessive
masculinity. As an attitude, machismo ranges from a personal sense of virility to a more extreme
masculism. In many cultures, machismo is acceptable and even expected. The trait may be seen as the product of
runaway evolution, as
Frits Staal notes,The
peacock's tail, the grotesquely enlarged claw of the male
fiddler crab and the machismo of members of the human species are all exaggerated features that may cause injury to individuals that display them but attract females.
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machista
adj.
chauvinistic, excessively devoted (to one's own sex)
machista (m)
n.
male-chauvinist, anti-feminist, man who thinks of women as inferior
machista (m)
n.
male-chauvinist, anti-feminist, man who thinks of women as inferior
adj.
relating to machismo
machista
= chauvinist.
Ex: In addition, the author urges men to examine their own attitudes for evidences of what he referred to as 'chauvinist piggery'.