Meaning

1 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Government or rule by women, or a society with such leadership.

    Weiberherrschaft, Frauenherrschaft, Gynokratie

More definitions
  • a political system governed by a woman

Translations

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By meaning 1
government or rule by women:

Origin

From gyneco- + -cracy.

From gyneco- + -cracy.

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Forms

plural: gynecocracies

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a political system governed by a woman:gynarchy

Word family

4 related words

See also

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