gynocracy

American  

[ji-nok-ruh-see, gahy-, jahy-] / dʒɪˈnɒk rə si, gaɪ-, dʒaɪ- /

noun

plural

gynocracies

1. gynarchy.

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Etymology

Origin of gynocracy

First recorded in 1720–30; gyno- ( def. ) + -cracy ( def. ); gynecocracy ( def. )

Example Sentences

Wonder Woman, aka Diana, hails from the island of Themyscira, which in Jenkins’ vision is a paradisiacal gynocracy of gym-buff Amazons galloping around lustily on horses and spinning in slo-mo through the air in elaborate combat.

From The Guardian

In this recent piece, Adams paints men as hapless victims of gynocracy that tortures men by extracting everything out of them for the faint hope of touching the female bodies.

From Salon

But, for Lee, the result is a nearly science-fiction-like utopia, a sort of salutary gynocracy that begins to heal the world from its age-old curse.

From The New Yorker

Does that mean it's a gynocracy?

From Slate

That, during the period of separation and independence, a powerful gynocracy had been formed seems more than probable.

From Project Gutenberg