Machismo (/məˈtʃiːzmoʊ, mɑː-, -ˈtʃɪ-/; Spanish: [maˈtʃizmo]; Portuguese: [mɐˈʃiʒmu]), or machoism, is a word derived from Spanish and Portuguese, where it has the meaning of a belief in the supremacy of men over women.[1] (See androcentrism, male chauvinism, misogyny, patriarchy, sexism, etc.) However, in English the word means instead the sense of being macho or manly.
