phallocentricityn.
/ˌfalə(ʊ)sɛnˈtrɪsɪti/, U.S. /ˌfæloʊˌsɛnˈtrɪsədi/ A phallocentric ethos or attitude.
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society > society and the community > social attitudes > [noun] > discrimination or inegalitarianism > by sex
sexism1866
sex discrimination1885
male chauvinism1935
phallocentricity1970
gender discrimination1973
phallocentrism1975
phallocracy1977
male-bashing1986
the world > life > the body > sex organs > male sex organs > [noun] > penis > centering on (as symbol of male superiority)
phallocentricity1970
phallocentrism1975
the mind > mental capacity > psychology > theory of psychoanalysis > libido > obsession > [noun] > with phallus
phallocentricity1970
phallocentrism1975
1970 G. Greer Female Eunuch 48 The enormous hoo-ha about the strange impalpable results of vasectomy..results from..phallocentricity.
1984 Notes & Queries June 287/2 One of the most interesting sections..marries sexual psychology with discourse theory to explain Pound's ‘phallocentricity’ in The Cantos.
2000 Independent 24 Aug. (Review section) 10/4 There is clearly a thesis to be written on the phallocentricity of the male disc jockey.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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