andro-comb. form
(before a vowel andr-), repr. Greek ἀνδρο-, combining form of ἀνήρ man, male.
androcentric adj. /ændrəʊˈsɛntrɪk/ having man, or the male, as its centre.
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1903 L. F. Ward Pure Sociol. xiv. 292 The androcentric theory is the view that the male sex is primary and the female secondary in the organic scheme, that all things center, as it were, about the male.
1959 Guardian 6 Nov. 6/5 The Fathers of the Church accepted from their cultural environment the androcentric standpoint.
androcenˈtricity n.
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1954 Theology LVII. 326 Do we see anything of this androcentricity in the Christian ministry?
androcracy n. /ænˈdrɒkrəsɪ/ [-cracy comb. form] the rule of man or the male, male supremacy.
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society > authority > rule or government > rule of any class or persons > [noun] > of men
androcracy1903
1903 L. F. Ward Pure Sociol. xiv. 376 The stage of gynæcocracy was succeeded by the stage of androcracy, and the subjection of woman was rendered complete.
androcratic adj. /-ˈkrætɪk/ pertaining to or involving androcracy.
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society > authority > rule or government > rule of any class or persons > [adjective] > of men
androcratic1893
1893 Athenæum 7 Oct. 494/1 Marital relations among tribes in the enjoyment of an androcratic government being generally far more satisfactory.
1903 L. F. Ward Pure Sociol. xiv. 399 The androcratic régime, during which woman had no voice in the selecting process.
andromonœcious adj. /-məˈniːʃ(ɪ)əs/ [monoecious adj.] Bot. having male and hermaphrodite flowers on the same plant.
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > flower or flowering plant > [adjective] > characterized by parts or form > characterized by sex of flowers
malea1398
masculinea1550
androgynous1739
polygamous1757
monoecious1761
polygamious1761
monoicous1822
monoclinous1828
monoecian1828
trigamous1842
hermaphrodite1854
triœcious1860
monoecious1861
synœcious1863
synoicous1863
autoicous1875
andro-diœcious1877
andromonœcious1877
gynodioecious1877
gynomonoecious1877
monoicous1877
autoecious1896
monoclinian1900
1877 C. Darwin Different Forms Flowers i. 13 There are plants which produce hermaphrodite and male flowers on the same individual, for instance, some species of Galium, Veratrum, &c.; and these might be called andro-monœcious. If there exist plants, the individuals of which consist of hermaphrodites and males, these might be distinguished as andro-diœcious.
andromonœcism n. /-məˈniːsɪz(ə)m/ Bot. the condition of being andromonœcious.
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > flower or flowering plant > [noun] > characterized by parts > characterized by stamens, pistils, or sex of flowers > state of having specific type stamens or pistils
polygamy1760
monoecism1875
andromonœcism1888
monoecy1949
1888 G. Henslow Origin Floral Struct. 227 Andromonœcism signifies that the same plant bears both male and hermaphrodite flowers.
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