gynocracy

American  

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

noun

• gynocracies
  plural

1. gynarchy.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• gynocracies
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of gynocracy

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

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Example Sentences

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gynocracy gynocracies

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 ● Feb. 13, 2015

We doubt whether the most limited gynocracy would tolerate the use of tobacco as an article of daily diet, or permit ferocious murders to go unwhipped of justice under the name of duels.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 by Various

We know that, in ancient Mexico, an independent gynocracy had been founded at one time.

From The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations by Zelia Nuttall

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

From The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations by Zelia Nuttall

Just as evidences are met with in ancient Mexico of the existence of female communities, so the Old World furnishes accounts, deemed fabulous, of powerful gynocracies.

From The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations by Zelia Nuttall

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