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gynecocracy

[ jin-i-kok-ruh-see, gahy-ni-, jahy-ni- ]

noun

plural gynecocracies.


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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²µ²â·²Ô±ð·³¦´Ç·³¦°ù²¹³Ù [ji-, nee, -k, uh, -krat, gahy-, jahy-], noun
  • ²µ²â·²Ô±ð·³¦´Ç·³¦°ù²¹³Ù·ic [ji-nee-k, uh, -, krat, -ik, gahy-, jahy-, jin-i-, gahy-ni-, jahy-ni-], adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of gynecocracy1

From the Greek word ²µ²â²Ô²¹¾±°ì´Ç°ì°ù²¹³Ùí²¹, dating back to 1605–15. See gyneco-, -cracy
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Example Sentences

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They were so fervent about its passage, and so disproportionately female, that their husbands started referring to Montgomery County as “a gynecocracy.â€

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In a speech last fall, Yenor mocked feminists as "medicated, meddlesome and quarrelsome" and universities as "the citadels of our gynecocracy."

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To be sure, barbaric Sparta made a bold stand for equality, and almost instituted a gynecocracy, but the usual idea was that a woman's opinion was not worth considering.

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Comte thought it all out in detail, and arranged a complete scheme of life, and actually wished to form a political party and overthrow the government, founding a gynecocracy on the ruins.

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The concept of father had not yet been formed; the family congregated round the mother and saw in her its natural chief; gynecocracy was the prevailing form of government.

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