phallocracy

phallocracy

English

Etymology

From phallo- +‎ -cracy.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /faˈlɒkɹəsi/, /fəˈlɒkɹəsi/

Noun

phallocracy (countable and uncountable, plural phallocracies)

1. A society or government of, or dominated by, men. [from 20th c.]
   • 1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae:

     Therefore, despite its political patriarchy, Athens cannot be considered—horrid word—a phallocracy.

Synonyms

• penisocracy (informal)

Related terms

• phallocrat
• phallocratic

Translations

government by men

Catalan: fal·locràcia f Chinese: Mandarin: 男權制, 男权制, 菲羅統治, 菲罗统治, 男權主義社會, 男权主义社会 Estonian: fallokraatia Finnish: fallokratia French: phallocratie (fr) f German: Phallokratie f Greek: φαλλοκρατία (el) f (fallokratía) Polish: fallokracja (pl) f