gynecocracy
English
Etymology
From gyneco- + -cracy.
Noun
gynecocracy (countable and uncountable, plural gynecocracies)
- (government, sociology) Government or rule by women, or a society with such leadership.
- Synonym: gynocracy
- 1999, Jacqueline Rose, ‘Go girl’, London Review of Books, 21.19:
- Gynaecocracy may not, however, be an idyllic affair.
Alternative forms
- gynaecocracy
Coordinate terms
- androcracy
- gylany
Related terms
- gynecocratic
Translations
government or rule by women
See also
- matriarchy
- patriarchy