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Gynecocracy

Gynˊe-coc′ra-cy

(jĭnˊē̍-kŏk′rȧ-sy̆)

,

Noun.

[Gr.

γυναικοκρατία

;

γυνή

,

γυναικός

, a woman +

κρατεῖν

to rule: cf. F.

gynécocratie

. Cf.

.]

Government by a woman, female power; gyneocracy.

Bailey.

Definition 2024

gynecocracy

gynecocracy

English

Alternative forms

gynaecocracy

Noun

gynecocracy ‎(plural gynecocracies)

Government or rule by women, or a society with such leadership.
- 1999, Jacqueline Rose, ‘Go girl’, London Review of Books, 21.19:
  Gynaecocracy may not, however, be an idyllic affair.

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