exaggerated masculinity
Used in a Sentence
machismo
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for machismo.
Editorial note
My preferred environment set up is nothing more than machismo directed at you, a complete stranger.
Examples16
Definitions4
Parts of speech1
Quick take
exaggerated masculinity
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of machismo gathered in one view.
characteristic, behavior or particularity of Male; Macheza.
(informal) An excessive masculine pride.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for machismo.
noun
exaggerated masculinity
noun
characteristic, behavior or particularity of Male; Macheza.
noun
(informal) An excessive masculine pride.
noun
(Latin American) male chauvinism, misogyny
Example sentences
My preferred environment set up is nothing more than machismo directed at you, a complete stranger.
Trying to show off nerd machismo by crapping on everything.
Personally, I think your current activities have strong elements of competition & machismo.
As others have said, the level of safety demonstrated here appears negligently insufficient to match the risk to the photographic subjects and to bystanders below, machismo aside.
It didn't come off as daredevil machismo at all.
I think the preference for mechanical keyboards is half nostalgia and half machismo.
Pao's lawsuit revealed a culture that prized machismo.
I also did not enjoy the 'machismo' that happens in unions.
You are in a technical space (C++/embedded) that seems to have more than its fair share of technical machismo and bullying, so you may be picking up on that.
It's more than a little ironic that you claim Emacs/vim users use their tool out of 'harcdore, programmer machismo', and you're doing basically the same thing in the opposite direction by accusing them of being unprofessional.
Czeisler, the Baldino Professor of Sleep Medicine at Harvard Medical School.1 To him, encouraging a culture of sleepless machismo is worse than nonsensical; it is downright dangerous, and the antithesis of intelligent management.
On top of that, there is big business in demonizing guns--related to the big business (I suspect) in demonizing fighting, aggression, machismo, independence, or what have you.
Quote examples
Most of the people I work with seem to use vim/emacs, and it doesn't appear to be for "machismo" reasons.
It could be interpreted as a noun-noun compound; "machismo adventuring" would be akin to "cave spelunking" or "ego exploring".
I would be more careful with strong words like "professional negligence" or "hardcore, programmer machismo".
Philip's claim was that men tend to make decisions based on testosterone-fueled machismo, and go into areas considered "hard-core" like theoretical math, which rationally, are a waste of time and make no sense to study.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use machismo in a sentence?
My preferred environment set up is nothing more than machismo directed at you, a complete stranger.
What does machismo mean?
exaggerated masculinity
What part of speech is machismo?
machismo is commonly used as noun.