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macho
adjective /ˈmætʃ.əʊ/
/ˈmɑː.tʃoʊ/ informal mainly disapprovingDefinition
› behaving forcefully or showing no emotion in a way traditionally thought to be typical of a man: He's too macho to admit he was hurt when his girlfriend left him. I can't stand macho men.Gender-related attributesKinds of womenKinds of men
(Definition of macho adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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