Masculinity is possessing qualities or characteristics considered typical of or appropriate to a man. The term can be used to describe any human, animal or object that has the quality of being masculine. When masculine is used to describe men, it can have degrees of comparison—more masculine, most masculine. The opposite can be expressed by terms such as unmanly or epicene. A typical near-synonym of masculinity is virility (from Latin vir, man); and the usual complement is femininity.

Adjective

masculine (comparative more masculine, superlative most masculine)

1. pertaining to male humans, men:
   1. manly; having the qualities associated with men; suitable to, or characteristic of, a man; not feminine or effeminate; virile (only in this sense, does the adjective compare)
      • Henry Hallam — That lady, after her husband's death, held the reins with a masculine energy.
      • Thomas Fuller — A masculine church.
   2. male; having male biology, not female; of the male sex (rare)
      • Geoffrey Chaucer — Thy masculine children, that is to say, thy sons.
   3. belonging to men; appropriated to, or used by, men

      “John”, “Paul”, and “Harry” are masculine names.

2. (grammar) in many inflected languages:
   1. (of a noun) being of the masculine class, or grammatical gender, and inflected in that manner

      The noun Student is masculine in German.

   2. (of some other parts of speech) being inflected in agreement with the masculine

      German uses the masculine of the definite article, der, with Student.

Synonyms

• (having qualities of male gender): manly, virile
• (of the male sex): male

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• Society for the Psychological Study of Men and Masculinity
  apa.org
  SPSMM is Division 51 of American Psychological Association. It clearly delineates its assumptions and goals concerning masculinity in Western Society.
• Masculinism, what is it?
  academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu
  Dr. Lemke's paper at City University of New York (Brooklyn) on 'Masculinity and Academic Discourse: Issues and Themes.'
• Institute for Fatherhood Studies
  mclink.it
  A collection of university theses and specialized reviews, a series of single-subject files on fatherhood, the family and minors.