physique magazines

A form of physique magazine — A magazine featuring sexually suggestive photographs of muscular men in athletic poses, presented in the guise of bodybuilding but intended as homosexual erotic imagery at a time when this was socially unacceptable.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of physique magazine
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APA

physique magazines. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/physique%20magazines

MLA

“physique magazines.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/physique%20magazines. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “physique magazines,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/physique%20magazines.

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