gynecocracy

[jin-i-kok-ruh-see, gahy-ni-, jahy-ni-]

noun

plural

gynecocracies 

1. gynarchy.

Other Word Forms

• gynecocrat noun
• gynecocratic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of gynecocracy¹

From the Greek word gynaikokratía, dating back to 1605–15. See gyneco-, -cracy

Example Sentences

They were so fervent about its passage, and so disproportionately female, that their husbands started referring to Montgomery County as “a gynecocracy.”

From New York Times

In a speech last fall, Yenor mocked feminists as "medicated, meddlesome and quarrelsome" and universities as "the citadels of our gynecocracy."

From Salon

To be sure, barbaric Sparta made a bold stand for equality, and almost instituted a gynecocracy, but the usual idea was that a woman's opinion was not worth considering.

From Project Gutenberg

Comte thought it all out in detail, and arranged a complete scheme of life, and actually wished to form a political party and overthrow the government, founding a gynecocracy on the ruins.

From Project Gutenberg

The concept of father had not yet been formed; the family congregated round the mother and saw in her its natural chief; gynecocracy was the prevailing form of government.

From Project Gutenberg