andro-
(before a vowel andr-), repr. Gr. ἀνδρο-, combining form of ἀνήρ man, male. androcentric (ændrəʊˈsɛntrɪk) a., having man, or the male, as its centre; so androcenˈtricity; androcracy (ænˈdrɒkrəsɪ) [-cracy], the rule of man or the male, male supremacy; androcratic (-ˈkrætɪk) a., pertaining to or involving androcracy; andromonœcious (-məˈniːʃ(ɪ)əs), a. Bot. [monœcious a.], having male and hermaphrodite flowers on the same plant; andromonœcism (-məˈniːsɪz(ə)m) Bot., the condition of being andromonœcious.
| 1903 L. F. Ward Pure Sociol. xiv. 292 The *androcentric theory is the view that the male sex is primary and the female secondary in the organic scheme, that all things center, as it were, about the male. 1959 Guardian 6 Nov. 6/5 The Fathers of the Church accepted from their cultural environment the androcentric standpoint. |
| 1954 Theology LVII. 326 Do we see anything of this *androcentricity in the Christian ministry? |
| 1903 L. F. Ward Pure Sociol. xiv. 376 The stage of gynæcocracy was succeeded by the stage of *androcracy, and the subjection of woman was rendered complete. |
| 1893 Athenæum 7 Oct. 494/1 Marital relations among tribes in the enjoyment of an *androcratic government being generally far more satisfactory. 1903 L. F. Ward Pure Sociol. xiv. 399 The androcratic régime, during which woman had no voice in the selecting process. |
| 1877 *Andromonœcious [see androdiœcious a.]. 1888 G. Henslow Origin Floral Struct. 227 *Andromonœcism signifies that the same plant bears both male and hermaphrodite flowers. |