Manhood

Quick meaning: Manhood is a noun meaning The state or condition of being a human being.

Meaning

The state or condition of being a human being.

More Meanings

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

Example Sentences

He feared the speedy decline of all manhood.

He was a strapping youth poised on the brink of manhood.

Thou seemest human and divine, ⁠The highest, holiest manhood, thou.

During the Second World War, Russia lost a great percentage of its young manhood, giving rise to a great wave of widowhood in the country.

Word Forms

• manhoods
• manhead

Synonyms for manhood

Depending on context, synonyms include humanity, mankind, manfulness, manliness, mannishness.

Antonyms for manhood

Common opposites include womanhood, womankind, womanishness, womanliness.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include masculinity, manliness, virility, man, adult, grownup.

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