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androcentric

[ an-druh-sen-trik ]

adjective

  1. centered on, emphasizing, or dominated by males or masculine interests:

    an androcentric society; an androcentric religion.



androcentric

/ ˌæԻəʊˈɛԳٰɪ /

adjective

  1. having or regarding man or the male sex as central or primary
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌԻˈԳٰ, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • d·t noun
  • d·t noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of androcentric1

1900–05; andro- + -centric, on the model of ethnocentric ( def )
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Example Sentences

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As she dug in, she said she noticed something else: “Not only is human medicine anthropocentric, it’s androcentric” — that is, focused on cisgender men.

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In response to multiculturalism, the lineup of historical events became more politically correct, though no less androcentric.

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The prefix “her” instead of “his” is used to disrupt the often androcentric nature of history.

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All the subtext buried in the band’s back catalog, all the tension that comes with living invisibly female in an androcentric industry and a transphobic society, it’s all finally laid bare.

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Admires the way you take the individual problems of individual women, and by means of the individual problems lead these women into the larger view of life and into an understanding of the androcentric culture.

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