masculine of center

adjective

Having a gender identity or presentation that is on the masculine side; masc or butch.

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masculine-leaning

Meanings

adjectivemasculine of center (not generally comparable, comparative more masculine of center, superlative most masculine of center)

comparative more masculine of center · superlative most masculine of center · alternative masculine-of-center · alternative masculine of centre · alternative masculine-of-centre · alternative MOC

  1. not comparableusuallyHaving a gender identity or presentation that is on the masculine side; masc or butch.

    […] where there was a plethora of even more well-dressed masculine of center heart throbs and their writings, […]

    2017 Fall, Vanessa Rochelle Lews, "Nourrir Spotlight", in Nourrir, issue 12, page 21
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    Working-class women, non-white women, some transwomen, and butch/ masculine-of-center women are stereotypically less fragile than the “ideally” feminine woman.

    2015, Robin James, Resilience & Melancholy: Pop Music, Feminism, Neoliberalism, John Hunt Publishing, →ISBN

    The Queer Resource Center announced that they will be hosting an event series for transmasculine and masculine of center communities called the T-House, […]

    2020 Nov. 19 - Dec. 2, An Pham, "Charlie and the T-House Event Series", in The Guardsman (City College of San Francisco), volume 170, issue 7, page 4

    Synonyms: masculine-leaning

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveHaving a gender identity or presentation that is on the masculine side; masc or butch.

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masculine-leaning

Origin

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APA

masculine of center. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/masculine%20of%20center

MLA

“masculine of center.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/masculine%20of%20center. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “masculine of center,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/masculine%20of%20center.

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