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gyneocracy

gyneocracy is the alternative form of gynecocracy.

Meaning of gynecocracy

Noun

gynecocracy (countable and uncountable, plural gynecocracies)

  1. Government or rule by women, or a society with such leadership.
    • Gynaecocracy may not, however, be an idyllic affair.1999, Jacqueline Rose, “Go girl”, in London Review of Books, section 21.19

Forms of gyneocracy

pluralgyneocracies

Origin of gyneocracy

According to the Poly-Olbion project coined by John Selden in 1612 as gynaeocracy.

Questions about gyneocracy

What is gyneocracy the alternative form of?
Gyneocracy is the alternative form of gynecocracy.

Words near gyneocracy in the dictionary

  1. gynemimesis
  2. gynemimetic
  3. gynemimetics
  4. gynemimetophilia
  5. gyneocracies
  6. gyneocracy
  7. gyneolater
  8. gyneolaters
  9. gyneolatry
  10. gynephile
  11. gynephiles

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gyneocracy (page history and authors); gynecocracy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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