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MALENESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The properties characteristic of the male sex
Synonyms:
maleness; masculinity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("maleness" is a kind of...):
gender; sex; sexuality (the properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "maleness"):
virility (the masculine property of being capable of copulation and procreation)
Antonym:
femaleness (the properties characteristic of the female sex)
Derivation:
male (being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that perform the fertilizing function in generation)
male (for or pertaining to or composed of men or boys)
male (characteristic of a man)
