Machodom
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The realm, sphere, or world of the macho; those who are macho, taken collectively uncountable
"These boys are cast as heroes of American machodom, and machodom has a problem with gender. Perhaps because it is as ignorant as a post, machodom does not realize that armies and navies and sports teams from Achilles and Patroclus through Nelson's navy to the Gulf War have been built on homoeroticism."
Example
More examples"These boys are cast as heroes of American machodom, and machodom has a problem with gender. Perhaps because it is as ignorant as a post, machodom does not realize that armies and navies and sports teams from Achilles and Patroclus through Nelson's navy to the Gulf War have been built on homoeroticism."
Etymology
From macho + -dom. Compare German Machotum (“machismo”).
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