gynocracyn.
/dʒʌɪˈnɒkrəsi//dʒɪˈnɒkrəsi//ɡʌɪˈnɒkrəsi//ɡɪˈnɒkrəsi/ = gynaecocracy n.; also quasi-concrete, women as the ruling class.
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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
1728 A. Pope Corr. Feb. (1956) II. 472 I am told the Gynocracy are of opinion, that they want no better writers than Cibber and the British Journalist.
1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel II. vi. 123 Oligarchy, limited monarchy, and even gynocracy.
1824 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XVI lii. 90 But wear the newest mantle of hypocrisy, On pain of much displeasing the Gynocracy.
1864 Macmillan's Mag. July 219 From a gynocracy..heaven save us and all Christian communities!
Derivatives
gynoˈcratic adj. = gynaecocratic adj. at gynaecocracy n. Derivatives.
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society > authority > rule or government > rule of any class or persons > [adjective] > of women
gynocratic1847
gynaecocratical1856
gynaecocratic1877
1847 Fraser's Mag. 36 15 Hers was not a popular form of gynocratic government.
1861 R. T. Hulme tr. C. H. Moquin-Tandon Elements Med. Zool. ii. iii. 198 Linnæus terms the government [of bees] a gynocratic republic.
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