gynarchyn.
/ˈdʒʌɪnɑːki//ˈɡʌɪnɑːki/ Government by a woman or women.
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society > authority > rule or government > rule of any class or persons > [noun] > of women
gynarchy1587
gyneocracy1611
gynaecocracy1612
petticoat government1699
gynocracy1728
Amazonianism1826
Amazonism1828
1587 R. Holinshed et al. Hist. Eng. (new ed.) ii. vi. 13/2 (heading) in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) I The gunarchie of queene Cordeilla.
1660 R. Coke Elements Power & Subjection 101 in Justice Vindicated That in Gynarchy the wife is not subject, but superior to her husband.
1759 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 2 Feb. (1932) (modernized text) V. 2338 I have always some hopes of a change under a Gunarchy; where whim and humour commonly prevail.
1890 Blackwood's Mag. 147 264/2 So will you best help to maintain..the true gynarchy.
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