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gynocentrism

gynocentrism noun: an ideological focus on females, and issues affecting them, possibly to the detriment of non-females.

Noun

gynocentrism (uncountable)

  1. An ideological focus on females, and issues affecting them, possibly to the detriment of non-females.
    • We Americans have not so much need to take his admonitions to heart as Continental Europeans, seeing that captious critics are prone to regard us as suffering rather from gynocentrism than anthropocentrism.1897, “Book Reviews and Notes”, in The Open Court, volume 11, page 575

gynocentrism meaning in Tamil

gynocentrism in Tamil

பெண் மையவியம்

Antonyms of gynocentrism

Origin of gynocentrism

From gyno- + -centrism.

Questions about gynocentrism

What does gynocentrism mean?
Gynocentrism means an ideological focus on females, and issues affecting them, possibly to the detriment of non-females.
What is gynocentrism in Tamil?
Gynocentrism in Tamil is பெண் மையவியம். See Gynocentrism meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is gynocentrism?
Gynocentrism is a noun.

Words near gynocentrism in the dictionary

  1. gynobasic
  2. gynobasis
  3. gynocardin
  4. gynocentric
  5. gynocentrically
  6. gynocentrism
  7. gynocentrist
  8. gynocentrists
  9. gynochrome
  10. gynochromes
  11. gynocidal

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