beta male

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beta male

noun beta males

A male second in a social or group hierarchy and submissive to the alpha male. 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.
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@misc{beta_male_2026,
  title = {beta male},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/beta%20male},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}