noun
the vigor or agressiveness held to be typical of males
pundits decided that the candidate's conspicuous virility appealed to voters
Synonyms: maleness, manfulness, manliness, masculinity
Related Word: courage, dauntlessness, guts, mettle, ||moxie, pluck, resolution, spirit, spunk; machismo, macho
Contrasted words: effeminacy, unmanliness; impotence, weakness; prissiness, sissiness