gynocracy
(dʒaɪ-, dʒɪˈnɒkrəsɪ, g-)
[f. gyno- + -cracy.]
= gynæcocracy; also quasi-concr., women as the ruling class.
| 1728 Pope Let. to Swift S.'s Wks. 1761 VIII. 75, I am told the Gynocracy are of opinion, that they want no better writers than Cibber and the British journalist. 1822 Scott Nigel xvii, Oligarchy, limited monarchy, and even gynocracy. 1824 Byron Juan xvi. lii, But wear the newest mantle of hypocrisy, On pain of much displeasing the gynocracy. 1864 Macm. Mag. July 219 From a gynocracy..heaven save us and all Christian communities! |
So gynoˈcratic a. = gynæcocratic.
| 1847 Fraser's Mag. XXXVI. 15 Hers was not a popular form of gynocratic government. 1861 Hulme tr. Moquin-Tandon ii. iii. 198 Linnæus terms the government [of bees] a gynocratic republic. |