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macho

adjective

a macho, non-caring image:

(aggressively) male, (unpleasantly) masculine;

manly, virile, red-blooded, swashbuckling;

informal butch, laddish.

▷antonyms wimpish.

noun

1 he was a macho at heart:

red-blooded male, macho man, muscleman;

informal he-man, tough guy, stud;

North American, vulgar slang cocksman.

▷antonyms wimp.

2 macho is out:

(aggressive) masculinity, machismo, toughness, toxic masculinity, chauvinism, male chauvinism, sexism, laddishness;

virility, manliness.

macho Oxford Dictionary of English