LekhoriLekhoriAn 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.
First attested 1940, from American Spanish machismo, from Spanish macho (“male”), + suffix -ismo (“-ism”).
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