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noun
The aspects of traditional masculinity perceived to reinforce aggression, emotionlessness and other negative qualities.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Qualifier: media criticism
Topics: human-sciences, sciences, social-science, social-sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Coined by psychologist Shepherd Bliss of the mythopoetic men's movement around 1986 and first attested in 1990 (see quote below). Compare hegemonic masculinity, which was coined in 1982.
Across languages
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
