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

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

They are obsessed by this dominant idea of sex; due clearly enough to the long period of male dominance—to our androcentric culture.

From The Forerunner, Volume 1 (1909-1910) by Gilman, Charlotte Perkins

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 Gilman, Charlotte Perkins

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

From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Nadin, Mihai