gynaecocracy

British

/ ɡaɪ-, ˌɡaɪ-, ˌdʒaɪnɪˈkɒkrəsɪ, dʒaɪˌniːkəˈkrætɪk /

noun

Also called: gynarchy. government by women or by a single woman

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gynaecocratic adjective

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In a former work the fact has been mentioned that the first clue obtained by Herr Bachofen, author of Das Mutterrecht, to a former condition of society under which gynaecocracy, or the social and political pre-eminence of women, prevailed, was the importance attached to the female principle in the Deity in all ancient mythologies.

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