beta male

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beta male (plural beta males)

  1. A male second in a social or group hierarchy and submissive to the alpha male.
    Synonym: beta
    • 2017, Angela Nagle, chapter 7, in Kill All Normies, Zero Books, →ISBN:
      Edward Norton's character is the conformist, emasculated, consumerist beta male while his alter ego of sorts, Durden, is the countercultural alpha because he is free from needing or being controlled by women.
    • 2017 October 30, Amanda Prestigiacomo, “BuzzFeed Guys Test Their Testosterone Levels. The Results Are Exactly What You’d Expect.”, in The Daily Wire‎[1]:
      Not one BuzzFeed beta male met the 617 ng/dL average; rather, all the men testing below the level of a typical 85-year-old male (376 ng/dL).

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