English Explanatory Dictionary

toxic masculinity

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The aspects of traditional masculinity perceived to reinforce aggression, emotionlessness and other negative qualities.

Word forms

toxic masculinity

Etymology

Coined by psychologist Shepherd Bliss of the mythopoetic men's movement around 1986 and first attested in 1990 (see quote below). Compare hegemonic masculinity, which was coined in 1982.

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