Definition of "virility" []

• The quality or state of being virile; manly character. (noun)
• Masculine vigor; potency. (noun)

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• "Though none of these experts agreed openly with Horkheimer's assertion that Monty's excessive masculinity indicated repressed homosexuality, their obsession with "virility" is very suggestive."
• "I think virility is the last thing this guy needs .."
• "Guns are to some people an expression of virility ..."