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gynocentrism, n. Brit. |ˌgʌɪnə(ʊ)ˈsɛntrɪz(ə)m|, U.S. |ˌgaɪnoʊˈsɛnˌtrɪz(ə)m| [‹ gyno- comb. form + -centrism comb. form, after gynocentric adj.] Dominant or exclusive focus on women; gynocentric theory or practice; the advocacy of this.
1956S. E. Hyman Promised End (1963) 129 Symbolic Wounds..points up the need for a serious reconsideration of the role and relationship of the sexes, transcending both Freud's androcentric view and the gynocentrism of Bettelheim's authorities. 1989C. Squire Significant Differences (BNC) 79 This gynocentrism combines with their psychologization of gender to make raising female consciousness their primary interest. 1993Amer. Q. 45 223 On one level, Afrocentrism and gynocentrism, for instance, are ways of ‘subverting’..white male western ‘hegemony’. 2000Entertainm. Weekly (Nexis) 11 Feb. 83 Clearly a graduate of the Sarah McLachlan school of gynocentrism.., Mann eschews graphic depictions of abuse. |