Manliness: alternatives and connections

The state or quality of being masculine; masculineness.

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Like man, or like a man, in form or nature; having the qualities of a man, esp. the nobler qualities; manly.

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Like man, or like a man, in form or nature; having the qualities of a man, esp. the nobler qualities; manly.

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Having qualities becoming to a man; not childish or womanish; manlike, esp. brave, courageous, resolute, noble.

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Having qualities becoming to a man; not childish or womanish; manlike, esp. brave, courageous, resolute, noble.

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The quality or state of being virile; developed manhood; manliness; specif., the power of procreation; as, exhaustion.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.