gynecocracy

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Etymology

From gyneco- +‎ -cracy.

Noun

gynecocracy (countable and uncountable, plural gynecocracies)

  1. (government, sociology) Government or rule by women, or a society with such leadership.
    Synonyms: feminocracy, gynocracy
    • 1999, Jacqueline Rose, “Go girl”, in London Review of Books, section 21.19:
      Gynaecocracy may not, however, be an idyllic affair.

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