English Explanatory Dictionary

manhood

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The state or condition of being a human being.
  2. The state or condition of being a man, as contrasted with being a boy, woman, girl, or nonbinary.
  3. 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.
  4. The idealized nature of a man: all of the characteristics traditionally and ideally ascribed to manliness regarded collectively.
  5. 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.
  6. The male genitalia, especially the penis.

Pronunciation

/ˈmænhʊd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-manhood.wav

Word forms

manhood manhoods manhead

Etymology

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”).

Synonyms

humanity mankind manfulness manliness mannishness

Antonyms

womanhood womankind womanishness womanliness

Related words

boyhood girlhood childhood

Derived words

manhood suffrage supermanhood

Translations

Bengali: মরদামি Bulgarian: мъжественост Czech: mužnost Finnish: miehekkyys French: masculinité French: virilité Galician: masculinidade Georgian: კაცურობა Georgian: მამაკაცურობა Greek: ανδρισμός Greek: αρρενωπότητα Hebrew: גַּבְרִיּוּת Macedonian: маже́ственост Russian: му́жественность Russian: му́жество Slovak: mužnosť Spanish: virilidad Spanish: masculinidad Turkish: erkeklik Zulu: ubudoda
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