What does manhood mean?
Definitions for manhood
ˈmæn hʊdman·hood
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Princeton's WordNet
manhoodnoun
the state of being a man; manly qualities
humanness, humanity, manhoodnoun
the quality of being human
"he feared the speedy decline of all manhood"
manhoodnoun
the status of being a man
GCIDE
Manhoodnoun
The genitalia of a male human.
Manhoodnoun
The condition of being a human being.
Wiktionary
manhoodnoun
The state of being man as a human being.
He feared the speedy decline of all manhood.
manhoodnoun
State of being a man as distinguished from a child or a woman.
A strapping youth poised on the brink of manhood.
manhoodnoun
The qualities ascribed to manliness; courage; bravery; resolve.
manhoodnoun
The male genitalia.
She spied on him in the shower and glimpsed his manhood.
manhoodnoun
Men, considered as a group.
Etymology: From manhode, also manhede, from man + -hede, equivalent to. Cognate with manheit, Mannheit. More at man, -head, -hood.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Manhoodnoun
Etymology: from man.
In Seth was the church of God established; from whom Christ descended, as touching his manhood. Walter Raleigh.
Not therefore joins the son
Manhood to Godhead, with more strength to foil
Thy enemy. John Milton, Par. Lost, b. xii.’Tis in my pow’r to be a sovereign now,
And, knowing more, to make his manhood bow. Dryden.Tetchy and wayward was thy infancy;
Thy school-days frightful, desp’rate, wild and furious;
Thy prime of manhood daring, bold and venturous. William Shakespeare.By fraud or force the suitor train destroy,
And starting into manhood, scorn the boy. Alexander Pope, Odyssey.Nothing so hard but his valour overcame; which he so guided with virtue, that although no man was spoken of but he for manhood, he was called the courteous Amphialus. Philip Sidney.
Wikipedia
manhood
A man is an adult male human. Prior to adulthood, a male human is referred to as a boy (a male child or adolescent). Like most other male mammals, a man's genome usually inherits an X chromosome from the mother and a Y chromosome from the father. Sex differentiation of the male fetus is governed by the SRY gene on the Y chromosome. During puberty, hormones which stimulate androgen production result in the development of secondary sexual characteristics, thus exhibiting greater differences between the sexes. These include greater muscle mass, the growth of facial hair and a lower body fat composition. Male anatomy is distinguished from female anatomy by the male reproductive system, which includes the penis, testicles, sperm duct, prostate gland and the epididymis, and by secondary sex characteristics, including a narrower pelvis, narrower hips, and smaller breasts without mammary glands. Throughout human history, traditional gender roles have often defined and limited men's activities and opportunities. Men often face conscription into military service or are directed into professions with high mortality rates, resulting in a shorter life expectancy than women. Many religious doctrines stipulate certain rules for men, such as forced circumcision. Men are over-represented as both perpetrators and victims of violence. Trans men have a gender identity that does not align with their female sex assignment at birth, while intersex men may have sex characteristics that do not fit typical notions of male biology.
Webster Dictionary
Manhoodnoun
the state of being man as a human being, or man as distinguished from a child or a woman
Manhoodnoun
manly quality; courage; bravery; resolution
Etymology: [Man- + -hood.]
Anagrams for manhood »
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of manhood in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of manhood in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of manhood in a Sentence
It's like a manhood thing with him -- as if manhood can be associated with him, this wall thing.
Trevanian from the novel "Shibumi":
It was not their irritating assumption of equality that annoyed Nicholai so much as their cultural confusions. The Americans seemed to confuse standard of living with quality of life, equal opportunity with institutionalized mediocrity, bravery with courage, machismo with manhood, liberty with freedom, wordiness with articulation, fun with pleasure - in short, all of the misconceptions common to those who assume that justice implies equality for all, rather than equality for equals.
Do what thy manhood bids thee do, from none but self expect applause; He noblest lives and noblest dies who makes and keeps his self-made laws.
It is some kind of test of manhood. You get credit in the criminal world when you can say that you have been in some kind of war zone.
We seem but to linger in manhood to tell the dreams of our childhood, and they vanish out of memory ere we learn the language.
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- lidství, mužství, mužnostCzech
- MännlichkeitGerman
- αρρενωπότητα, ανδρισμόςGreek
- virecoEsperanto
- virilidadSpanish
- ihmisyys, miehuus, mies, miehekkyysFinnish
- virilitéFrench
- férfiasságHungarian
- mascolinitàItalian
- męskośćPolish
- virilidadePortuguese
- мужество, [[мужской]] [[пол]], мужественность, [[мужской, человечность, мужчинаRussian
- insanlık, erkeklik organı, insaniyet, erkeklikTurkish
- soái caVietnamese
- 男子气概Chinese
- isilisa, amadoda, umthondo, ubudoda, ubuntuZulu
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