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Men are recognizing that they have been forced to conform to a very narrow and rather two-dimensional picture of maleness and manhood that they have never had the freedom to question.
Andrew Cohen

Meaning of "manhood" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MANHOOD

manhood  [ˈmænhʊd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MANHOOD

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Manhood is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MANHOOD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

manhood

Man

A man is a male human. The term man is usually reserved for an adult, with the term boy being the usual term for a male child or adolescent. However, the term man is also sometimes used to identify a male human, regardless of age, as in phrases such as "Men's rights". Like most other male mammals, a man's genome inherits an X chromosome from his mother and a Y chromosome from his father. The male fetus produces larger amounts of androgens and smaller amounts of estrogens than a female fetus. This difference in the relative amounts of these sex steroids is largely responsible for the physiological differences that distinguish men from women. During puberty, hormones which stimulate androgen production result in the development of secondary sexual characteristics, thus exhibiting greater differences between the sexes.

Definition of manhood in the English dictionary

The first definition of manhood in the dictionary is the state or quality of being a man or being manly. Other definition of manhood is men collectively. Manhood is also the state of being human.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MANHOOD


adulthood
ˈædʌltˌhʊd
brotherhood
ˈbrʌðəˌhʊd
childhood
ˈtʃaɪldhʊd
companionhood
kəmˈpænjənhʊd
deaconhood
ˈdiːkənhʊd
gentlemanhood
ˈdʒentəlmənhʊd
hood
hʊd
likelihood
ˈlaɪklɪˌhʊd
livelihood
ˈlaɪvlɪˌhʊd
motherhood
ˈmʌðəˌhʊd
nationhood
ˈneɪʃənhʊd
neighborhood
ˈneɪbəˌhʊd
neighbourhood
ˈneɪbəˌhʊd
nunhood
ˈnʌnhʊd
parenthood
ˈpɛərənthʊd
queenhood
ˈkwiːnhʊd
sonhood
ˈsʌnhʊd
swinehood
ˈswaɪnhʊd
thanehood
ˈθeɪnhʊd
virginhood
ˈvɜːdʒɪnhʊd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MANHOOD

mangrove swamp
mangulate
mangy
manhandle
Manhattan
Manhattan District
Manhattan Project
Manhire
manhole
manhole cover
manhood suffrage
manhunt
manhunter
Mani
mania
maniac
maniacal
maniacally
manic
manic depression

WORDS THAT END LIKE MANHOOD

boyhood
cousinhood
falsehood
hoydenhood
humanhood
lens hood
maidenhood
matronhood
maximum likelihood
orphanhood
personhood
priesthood
prophethood
selfhood
singlehood
sisterhood
statehood
unhood
victimhood
womanhood

Synonyms and antonyms of manhood in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «MANHOOD»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «manhood» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of manhood

Translation of «manhood» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MANHOOD

Find out the translation of manhood to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of manhood from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «manhood» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

成年
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

madurez
570 millions of speakers

English

manhood
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मर्दानगी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الرجولة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мужественность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

virilidade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পুরুষত্ব
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

âge d´homme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kewajaran
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Mannesalter
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

成人男子であること
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

성인
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Manhood
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nhân loại
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஆண்மை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मस्तकपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

erkeklik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

età adulta
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

męskość
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

мужність
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bărbăția
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ανδρισμού
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

manlikheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

manlighet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

manndom
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of manhood

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MANHOOD»

The term «manhood» is quite widely used and occupies the 34.233 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MANHOOD» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «manhood» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «manhood» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about manhood

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10 QUOTES WITH «MANHOOD»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word manhood.
1
Pietro Aretino
Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood.
2
Alexander Berkman
War paralyzes your courage and deadens the spirit of true manhood.
3
Tempestt Bledsoe
You can no longer define your manhood by whether you're on a nine-to-five job or you're making more money than your wife.
4
Nick Cannon
One thing about being a stand-up is it's a one-man show. You gotta do everything. You're the producer, writer, director, and the actor. You just gotta be out there and perform and give your all. It's such an honest form of art that it just taught me so much, and it kind of prepared me for manhood at an early age.
5
Adam Clarke
Few men can be said to have inimitable excellencies: let us watch them in their progress from infancy to manhood, and we shall soon be convinced that what they attained was the necessary consequence of the line they pursued, and the means they used.
6
Andrew Cohen
Men are recognizing that they have been forced to conform to a very narrow and rather two-dimensional picture of maleness and manhood that they have never had the freedom to question.
7
Edwin Louis Cole
You seek the heights of manhood when you seek the depths of God.
8
Frank Crane
Responsibility is the thing people dread most of all. Yet it is the one thing in the world that develops us, gives us manhood or womanhood fiber.
9
Mike Davidson
If I somehow felt like having a site which strictly validates was an indication of my manhood, maybe I'd do it, but it really means very little to me. We're mavericks over here, what can we say?
10
Frank Dobson
There are alternate definitions of manhood in the West.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MANHOOD»

Discover the use of manhood in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to manhood and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Manhood: An Action Plan for Changing Men's Lives
This new edition has been specially revised and updated to meet the needs of younger readers, who are struggling with these issues today.
Steve Biddulph, 2002
2
Manhood: A Journey from Childhood Into the Fierce Order of ...
"Not only one of the frankest of autobiographies, but also a brilliantly written book, Leiris' Manhood mingles memories, philosophic reflections, sexual revelation, meditations on bullfighting, and the life-long progress of self-discovery. ...
Michel Leiris, 1992
3
The New Manhood: The Handbook for a New Kind of Man
The New Manhood touches the heart of almost everyone who reads it and provides a clear and practical roadmap of what to do.
Steve Biddulph, 2010
4
The Book of Man: Readings on the Path to Manhood
"Whether we take up the sword, the plow, the ball, the gavel, our children, or our Bibles," says Bennett, "we must always do it like the men we are called to be."The Book of Man shows how.
Dr. William J. Bennett, 2013
5
Manifest Manhood and the Antebellum American Empire
This book documents the potency of Manifest destiny in the antebellum era.
Amy S. Greenberg, 2005
6
Manhood
Annotation The book Manhood, displays the truth that the sword of knowledge endowed with egoless, selfless action in the light of constant will power can attain universal victory.
Bimal Narayan Thakur, 2008
7
False Roads to Manhood: What Women Need to Know, what Men ...
This powerful book of healing has already begun to touch the souls of men and women from all walks of life.
Frank Chase, 2005
8
Cool Pose: The Dilemma of Black Manhood in America
Behind the mask of "cool"--a clear-eyed look at how African American inner-city youths defend themselves against the indignities, inequities, and injuries of ghetto life--a pose that leads to the real alienation of these young men from both ...
Richard Majors, 1993
9
Growth into Manhood: Resuming the Journey
For homosexually oriented men, such growth is an essential but often overlooked step in the process of healing. This ground-breaking study could well change many lives. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Alan Medinger, 2009
10
Rituals of Manhood: Male Initiation in Papua New Guinea
Rituals of Manhood provides some of the most dramatic and richly textured accounts of ritual passages known to anthropologists of the late twentieth century.
Gilbert H. Herdt, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MANHOOD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term manhood is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The female cop being called a hero... and a thug - BBC News
"Had it been a [male] policeman getting into a gang of harassers doing this, they would have commended him for his manhood.". «BBC News, Jul 15»
2
Man stuck manhood through letterbox | News | The Gazette
A DRUNK left a young mum and her daughter terrified by trying to kick down the door to their flat and then sticking his manhood through the ... «TheGazette.co.uk, Jul 15»
3
Pastor Obinim defends 'healing' manhood live on TV
Kumasi-based Pastor, Bishop Daniel Obinim has finally broken his silence on a video of him massaging the manhood of a congregant on live ... «GhanaWeb, Jul 15»
4
EDITOR'S COLUMN | Real manhood ended up having to wait
Ahhhhh… manhood! I've arrived at last. Admittedly, it was a couple of days later than planned, but I'll get to that in a minute. Let me just say first ... «South Whidbey Record, Jul 15»
5
My manhood key to success: Michael Douglas
The veteran actor has joked that the one physical feature that has helped him succeed is his ample manhood. The 70-year-old made the joke ... «The West Australian, Jul 15»
6
Mugabe Manhood Drivel
Disclaimer: Statements and opinions expressed in articles, reviews and other materials herein are those of the author's' and no one else's. «ZimEye - Zimbabwe News, Jul 15»
7
Lawyer Allegedly Insults Client's Manhood, Challenges Him to a Duel
The complaint indicates that Franz referred to Rutkowski as a "small penis a--hole" and "insulted Rutkowski's manhood and choice of ... «People Magazine, Jul 15»
8
Man Cuts Off His Manhood Because His Wife Dumped Him
An intoxicated and injured man was rushed to a hospital after he tried to commit suicide by cutting off his manhood, police in China said. «Information Nigeria, Jul 15»
9
EDITOR'S COLUMN | Dungeness crab, real manhood here I come
I've done some pretty cool stuff in my life, things many people will probably never do. For example, I know what it feels like to be at sea on a ... «South Whidbey Record, Jul 15»
10
Manhood, war and propaganda on show at Odessa Film Festival
The sixth Odessa International Film Festival is underway, drawing crowds to the Ukrainian port city known as “the Pearl of the Black Sea”. «euronews, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Manhood [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/manhood>. Apr 2024 ».
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