phallocentric
Britishadjective
Other Word Forms
- phallocentricity noun
Etymology
Origin of phallocentric
C20: from phallus + -centric
Example Sentences
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But no one ever asked Perry Farrell, Jane’s Addiction front man and founder of Lollapalooza, the alternative festival that was also touring the country at the same time as Lilith Fair, if Lolla was phallocentric, or something similarly ridiculous.
From Salon
“But in our case she can possess the women around her,” he continued, “to seek in them the empathy she needs to put an end to this phallocentric system, attacking them with their own fears and through the shells they have built.”
From Los Angeles Times
In this context, some of Schumacher’s characterizations — like the feminist who rants about “phallocentric hegemony and the necessary demise of the Anthropocene” — border on ugly stereotypes, or worse, clichés.
From Los Angeles Times
I’ve rolled my eyes at hipster dads earnestly discussing – through their stupid beards – Anna’s feminism and the post-ironic phallocentric dialectic of Olaf the snowman’s carrot nose.
From The Guardian
And David Duchovny was as wryly funny as ever through seven seasons of “Californication,” a series whose forthright phallocentric lubriciousness may have been the reason it drew no major Emmy nominations during its run even though Mr. Duchovny’s performance received four Golden Globe nominations and one victory.
From New York Times
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