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Definition of Gynecocracy
1. Noun. A political system governed by a woman.
Definition of Gynecocracy
1. n. Government by a woman, female power; gyneocracy.
Definition of Gynecocracy
1. Noun. A society ruled by women. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gynecocracy
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Medical Definition of Gynecocracy
1. Government by a woman, female power; gyneocracy. Origin: Gr.; gynh, gynaikos, a woman + to rule: cf. F. Gynecocratie. Cf. Gynocracy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gynecocracy
Literary usage of Gynecocracy
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)
"Of or pertaining to gynecology. gynecocracy, .... Same as gynecocracy. The aforesaid
state has repeatedly changed from absolute despotism to republicanism, ..."
2. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria by Royal Society of Victoria (1891)
"Bachofen, working altogether from a classical standpoint, elaborated a strange
and somewhat grotesque hypothesis of a former universal gynecocracy. ..."
3. The Evolution of Marriage and of the Family by Charles Jean Marie Letourneau (1895)
"gynecocracy in Egypt—Its '«««« fé/re. "• Monogamy among the Mongols of Asia. ...
gynecocracy among the Touaregs—Fragility of Marriage in Abyssinia. "'. ..."
4. A New French and English Dictionary in Two Parts by William Cobbett (1833)
"... sf. gynecocracy, gynarchy, a government by a female, ... pertaining to gynecocracy.
» GYI-SE, sm. (min.) gypsum, plaster, stone, sulphate of lime. ..."
5. Criminality and Economic Conditions by Willem Adriaan Bonger (1916)
"... govern (matriarchate).1 Thus a situation is developed at times in which the
women have an important position even outside of the family (gynecocracy). ..."
6. Peter the Great by Kazimierz Waliszewski (1898)
"The government of Sophia and of her co-Regent, inaugurating a gynecocracy which,
for almost a century—from the days of Catherine I. to those of Catherine II ..."
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