androcracy

[ an-drok-ruh-see ]

/ ænˈdrɒk rə si /

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noun

social and political rule by men.

Nearby words

androcentric, androcles, androcles and the lion, androclinium, androconium, androcracy, androdioecious, androecium, androgen, androgenic hormone, androgenize

Origin of androcracy

andro- + -cracy

Related forms

an·dro·crat·ic

[an-druh-krat-ik] /ˌæn drəˈkræt ɪk/, adjective

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Examples from the Web for androcracy

There has never been a democracy, so far—only an androcracy.
Our Androcentric Culture, or The Man Made World|Charlotte Perkins Gilman