androcentric

American  

[an-druh-sen-trik] / ˌæn drəˈsɛn trɪk /

adjective

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

   an androcentric society; an androcentric religion.

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androcentric British  

/ ˌændrəʊˈsɛntrɪk /

adjective

1. having or regarding man or the male sex as central or primary

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Other Word Forms

• androcentrism noun
• androcentrist noun

Etymology

Origin of androcentric

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

Example Sentences

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

From Los Angeles Times

It is true that our Androcentric Culture is co-existent with human history and modern progress, with these qualifications: Practically all our savages are decadent, and grossly androcentric.

From Project Gutenberg

Some read the genderless world as androcentric, because the generic human being it affirmed had a rather masculine bent.

From Project Gutenberg

Of the conditions brought about by the androcentric culture we know much, however.

From Project Gutenberg

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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