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gynæcocracy
gynæcocracy (ˌgaɪ-, dʒaɪ-, dʒɪnɪˈkɒkrəsɪ, g-) Also 7 ginæcocratie, 8–9 gynecocracy. [ad. Gr. γυναικοκρατία (Aristotle, Plutarch), f. γυναικ(ο)-, γυνή woman + -κρατία -cracy. Cf. F. gynécocratie (16th c. in Hatz.-Darm.).] Government by a woman or women; female rule or mastery; depreciatingly, pettico...
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gyneocracy
gyneocracy rare. (dʒaɪ-, dʒɪnɪˈɒkrəsɪ, g-) Also 7 gynœocratie, (gyneiocracie). [f. Gr. γυνή woman + -ocracy.] Incorrect form for gynæcocracy.1611 Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. ix. xii. §47 The..law..which they call the Salick, by the which the French exclude Gyneiocracie [in list of ‘Faults escaped’ altered...
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gynocracy
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,...
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Matriarchy
By contrast, gynæcocracy, meaning 'rule of women', has been in use since the 17th century, building on the Greek word found in Aristotle and Plutarch. Words beginning with gyn-
A matriarchy is also sometimes called a gynarchy, a gynocracy, a gynecocracy, or a gynocentric society, although these terms
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andro-
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 o...
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