androcentric
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of androcentric
1900–05; andro- + -centric, on the model of ethnocentric ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Today, she believes, “If we can move from an androcentric, anthropocentric view to a sex-, gender-, and species-spanning perspective, then we can do good.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2022
The prefix “her” instead of “his” is used to disrupt the often androcentric nature of history.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2019
Of the conditions brought about by the androcentric culture we know much, however.
From The Forerunner, Volume 1 (1909-1910) by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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 The Forerunner, Volume 1 (1909-1910) by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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.
From The Forerunner, Volume 1 (1909-1910) by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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