manhood

[man·hood]

The word manhood describes both the adult period in a male human's life, and the qualities that make him a man. Some people believe that a boy reaches manhood when he hits puberty, while others maintain that manhood is based on becoming independent and responsible. Peter Pan just opted out.

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The state of being man as a human being, or man as distinguished from a child or a woman.

Noun
the status of being a man

Noun
the quality of being human; "he feared the speedy decline of all manhood"

Noun
the state of being a man; manly qualities


n.
The state of being man as a human being, or man as distinguished from a child or a woman.

n.
Manly quality; courage; bravery; resolution.


Manhood

Man"hood, n. [Man- + -hood.] 1. The state of being man as a human being, or man as distinguished from a child or a woman. 2. Manly quality; courage; bravery; resolution.
I am ashamed That thou hast power to shake my manhood thus.

The state of being man as a human being, or man as distinguished from a child or a woman.

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Usage Examples

Youth is a blunder Manhood a struggle, Old Age a regret.

Childhood: the period of human life intermediate between the idiocy of infancy and the folly of youth - two removes from the sin of manhood and three from the remorse of age.

Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best it removes all that is base. All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the essence of manhood.

It is very sad for a man to make himself servant to a single thing his manhood all taken out of him by the hydraulic pressure of excessive business.

War paralyzes your courage and deadens the spirit of true manhood.

You have to stand guard over the development and maintenance of Islamic democracy, Islamic social justice and the equality of manhood in your own native soil.

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Other Usage Examples

Another way of judging the value of a prophet's religious experience, therefore, would be to examine the type of manhood that he has created, and the cultural world that has sprung out of the spirit of his message.

The search after the great men is the dream of youth, and the most serious occupation of manhood.

Mama and Daddy King represent the best in manhood and womanhood, the best in a marriage, the kind of people we are trying to become.

Whoever tramples on the plea for justice temperately made in the name of peace only outrages peace and kills something fine in the heart of man which God put there when we got our manhood.

There is peace more destructive of the manhood of living man than war is destructive of his material body.

I'm not really a relationship expert but ...I'm an expert on manhood and what men think.

I'm not a relationship expert. I'm an expert on manhood.

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