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noun

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1. The state or condition of being a human being

   Example: He feared the speedy decline of all manhood.

   Synonyms:humanity

2. The state or condition of being an adult male human being, as distinguished from a child or a woman. Compare adulthood. Contrast womanhood and childhood.

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

3. All of the adult male human beingss of a given locality, region, district, country, nation or state, or all of the adult male humans pertaining to a given human subgroup (culture, race, ethnicity, lineage, family, etc.), regarded collectively

   Synonyms:mankind
   Antonyms:womanhoodwomankind

4. The idealized nature of an adult male human: all of the characteristics traditionally and ideally ascribed to manliness, such as: courage, bravery, dominance, resolve, self-control, executive ability, physical/bodily strength, and sexual potency as regarded collectively

   Example: My goodness, James certainly is a prime example of manhood, isn't he?

   Synonyms:manfulnessmanlinessmannishness
   Antonyms:womanhoodwomanishnesswomanliness