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Recent Examples of hypermasculine
Right-wing artists including Ben Garrison and Jon McNaughton have long illustrated Trump in an absurd light—hulking and hypermasculine or holding a lantern on a boat, like George Washington crossing the Delaware.
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Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2024
The characters live in a hypermasculine environment that venerates bravado, toughness, and aggression.
—Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 July 2024
The bottom line: Trump sees hypermasculine appeal as an edge.
—Axios, 10 July 2024
As far back as the ’60s, Jesus has been depicted as aggressively muscular; hypermasculine representations also emerged in the ’90s and 2000s.
—Caroline Mimbs Nyce, The Atlantic, 28 June 2024
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Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2024
The characters live in a hypermasculine environment that venerates bravado, toughness, and aggression.
—Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 July 2024
The bottom line: Trump sees hypermasculine appeal as an edge.
—Axios, 10 July 2024
As far back as the ’60s, Jesus has been depicted as aggressively muscular; hypermasculine representations also emerged in the ’90s and 2000s.
—Caroline Mimbs Nyce, The Atlantic, 28 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hypermasculine
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This moment of macho triumph is short-lived, however, because Wulf eventually returns with an army at his back to wreak vengeance on Rohan.Christian Holub, EW.com, 15 Dec. 2024
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Putin is admired for his macho and brutal toughness, but Orban is the domestic role model.Trudy Rubin, Twin Cities, 13 Nov. 2024
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This creates a self-perpetuating cycle where women either adapt to these masculine leadership norms or face career stagnation.Lindsey Darvin, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
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This mixture of soapy and manly is the quality that makes the Sheridan-verse so weird and interesting as a cultural artifact; its popularity could reflect its efficacy in helping masculine men satisfy their need to feel big feelings about the world.Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 20 Dec. 2024
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The vast majority of construction workers are male and Hispanic, according to the CDC.Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
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Shields would go on to another win at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, becoming the only U.S. boxer, male or female, to earn back-to-back gold medals at the games.Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 21 Dec. 2024
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That shooting isn’t very well known, but it’s been a talking point at the convention this week as conservatives seek to tie Trump to Roosevelt, who carefully cultivated a manly image.Madeleine Heim, Austin American-Statesman, 20 July 2024
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The Founding Fathers wanted to civilize a country made up of institutional racists, rabid misogynists and bible-thumping Christians who soon added myths of manly gunslingers and stalwart pioneers to the cultural identity.Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 20 Nov. 2024
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New cassette players are being manufactured and competition is virile, musicians are releasing more and more records on the format and Amazon is selling old cassettes like a bumper crop.SPIN Team, SPIN, 28 Nov. 2024
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While a tabloid scandal and a terrorist plot don’t seem like fuel for a winning Oscar campaign, all of it contributed to Crowe’s image as a throwback to the days when Hollywood leading men were virile and larger than life.Joe Reid, Vulture, 26 Nov. 2024
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“Hypermasculine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hypermasculine. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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