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machismo

mac·hismo

UK/mæˈt͡ʃɪz.məʊ/ US/mɑːˈt͡ʃiz.moʊ/ uncommon informal

noun

1.

Origin

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

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