manhood
Meaning
- (countable, uncountable) The state or condition of being a human being.
- (countable, uncountable) The state or condition of being a man, as contrasted with being a boy, woman, girl, or nonbinary.
- (countable, uncountable) All of the men of a given place, area, or any human subgroup (ethnicity, nation, race, religion, family, work crew or ship's crew, etc.) regarded collectively.
- (countable, uncountable) The idealized nature of a man: all of the characteristics traditionally and ideally ascribed to manliness regarded collectively.
- (countable, uncountable) The self-concept of a man being with respect to his possession of the various qualities traditionally and ideally ascribed to manliness; a man's sense or view of himself as being more or less manly.
- (countable, euphemistic, uncountable) The male genitalia, especially the penis.
Opposite of
womanhood, womankind, womanishness, womanliness
Synonyms
become a man
manlikeness
post-pubescence
manlinesss
Translations
virilité
Männlichkeit
virilidade
ανδρισμός
yiğitlik
coraggio
hombría
mannelijkheid
virtusFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈmænhʊd/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English manhode, also manhede (> obsolete English manhead), equivalent to man + -hood. Cognate with Middle Dutch manheit (“manhood”), Middle Low German manheit (whence German Low German Mannheit (“manhood”)), German Mannheit (“manhood”).
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