Goatee

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[[File:Paul Wall.jpg|thumb|[[Paul Wall]] seen sporting a goatee]]

A '''goatee''' is a style of [[facial hair]] incorporating hair on the [[chin]] entirely. The exact nature of the style has varied according to time and culture.

==Description==
Until the late 20th century, the term ''goatee'' was used to refer solely to a [[beard]] formed by a tuft of hair on the chin—as on the chin of a [[goat]], hence the term 'goatee'.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/goatee | title = goatee | access-date = 2024-04-12 | publisher = Merriam-Webster Dictionary}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> By the 1990s, the word had become an [[umbrella term]] used to refer to any facial hair style incorporating hair on the chin but not the cheeks;<ref>{{cite news
|title=Year of the Goat: Goatee is kicking again
|last=Howard
|first=Rebecca
|work=[[The Globe and Mail]]|location=Toronto
|date=10 September 1992
}}</ref> there is debate over whether this style is correctly called a goatee or a [[Van Dyke beard|Van Dyke]].<ref>{{cite news
|title=Goatees, the new hair apparent
|last=Shrieves
|first=Linda
|work=[[The Buffalo News]]
|date=12 November 1993}}</ref>

==History==
The style dates back to [[ancient Greece]] and [[ancient Rome]]. The god [[Pan (god)|Pan]] was traditionally depicted with goat-like features, including a goatee. When [[Christianity]] became the dominant religion and began copying imagery from [[paganism|pagan]] myth, [[Satan]] was given the likeness of Pan,<ref>{{cite book|title=The Devil: Perceptions of Evil from Antiquity to Primitive Christianity|last=Burton Russell|first=Jeffrey|author-link=Jeffrey Burton Russell|publisher=[[Cornell University Press]]|year=1987|isbn=0801494095|pages=125–126|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D2-Na937xRYC&pg=PA125}}</ref> leading to Satan traditionally being depicted with a goatee<ref>{{cite book|title=A Dictionary of Literary Symbols|last=Ferber|first=Michael|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]|year=2017|isbn=978-1-107-17211-1|chapter=Goat|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=710yDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT311}}</ref> in [[medieval art]] and [[Renaissance art]].

The goatee would not enjoy widespread popularity again until the 1940s, when it became a defining trait of the [[beatnik]]s in the post–[[World War II]] United States. The style remained popular amongst the counter-culture until the 1960s before falling out of favor again. In the 1990s, goatees with incorporated mustaches became fashionable for men across all socioeconomic classes and professions.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Skeletal easter island statue.JPG|A [[Moai kavakava]] from [[Easter Island]]
File:Arnold Böcklin Faun e Amsel zupfeifend (1).JPG|Painting of [[Pan (god)|Pan]] by [[Arnold Böcklin]] (1864–65)
File:Henry M. Hoyt cropped.jpg|[[Henry M. Hoyt]] ({{Circa}} 1865–80)
File:Thomas Settle judge - Brady-Handy.jpg|[[Thomas Settle (judge)|Thomas Settle]] (c. 1865–80)
File:William H. Hunt - Brady-Handy.jpg|[[William H. Hunt]] (c. 1865–80)
File:Benjamin Disraeli by Cornelius Jabez Hughes, 1878.jpg|[[Benjamin Disraeli]] (1878)
File:Thomas Henry Carter cph.3b27384.jpg|[[Thomas H. Carter|Thomas Henry Carter]] (1909)
File:Robswireatlanta.jpg|[[Rob Swire]] (2009)
File:Deftones in Maquinária Festival.jpg|[[Chino Moreno]] (2009)
</gallery>

==See also==
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* [[List of facial hairstyles]]
* [[Beard]]
* [[Moustache]]
* [[Sideburns]]
* [[Soul patch]]
* [[Van Dyke beard]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{wiktionary}}
* {{Commons category-inline|Goatees}}

{{Human hair}}

[[Category:Beard styles]]

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