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Etymology

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From French masculinité, from Old French. Earlier in same sense was masculineness.

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Noun

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masculinity (usually uncountable, plural masculinities)

  1. The degree or property of being masculine or manly; manliness.
    Over time, society's ideas of masculinity has greatly broadened.

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