phallocentric
Britishadjective
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- 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
For this show, the artist has selected pieces with phallocentric imagery which, in their words, can be “a critique of the male ego and/or a celebration of gay lust.”
From Seattle Times
These shows, if not necessarily better than their phallocentric predecessors, were more interesting just by virtue of allowing women agency, complexity and the right to be morally unappealing — a toxic femininity not unrelated to the classic femme fatale, but more confounding, harder to assess and therefore to dismiss.
From Los Angeles Times
"The Boys" is but one of many shows waxing phallocentric over the past couple of years, and in terms of pole count, plenty of other series are a few lengths ahead of it – "Westworld," and "Minx," to name two among HBO's warehouse of options.
From Salon
Cabral’s decidedly unruly interpretation of Angeli’s universe goes down like a wacky cocktail of hilariously introspective vignettes adorned with phallocentric crude language, full-frontal male nudity and rabid clones of superstar Elton John in his signature shiny getups, which embody Bob Spit and Angeli’s increasingly less committed repulsion for pop music.
From Los Angeles Times
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