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Definition of Gynarchy
1. Noun. A political system governed by a woman.
Definition of Gynarchy
1. n. Government by a woman.
Definition of Gynarchy
1. Noun. (politics) A government ruled by a woman or women. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gynarchy
1. government by women [n -CHIES]
Medical Definition of Gynarchy
1. Government by a woman. Origin: gynh = a woman or female. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gynarchy
Literary usage of Gynarchy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"In bot., having stamens converted into pistils. gynarchy (jin'ar-ki), n.; ...
I have always some hopes of change under a gynarchy. Cramp'd under worse than ..."
2. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"... glottis, glyptic, gnostic, Gordian, gynarchy. Hades, hagiographa, hector,
heliocentric, helminthology, hemi-, ..."
3. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"... and lived in solitude. GYMNOSPERMOUS, (gim-nç-sper'-mus) a. In botany, Having
the seeds naked. gynarchy, (giu'-ar-ke) n. >. Female government. ..."
4. Philosophy of Law by Josef Kohler, Adalbert Albrecht (1914)
"... and she and her political side determined the whole relation. This system,
has, indeed existed; it is called gynarchy, but it has always been ..."
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