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maledom

Syllables: male·dom/ˈmeɪl.dəm/UK/ˈmeɪlˌdɒm/

maledom noun: men considered as a group; mankind.

Noun (1)

maledom (uncountable)

  1. Men considered as a group; mankind.
    • There is a gender connotation here also, with the second power rhetoric clearly identified with maledom...1995, Brian Sutton-Smith, Anthony D. Pellegrini, The future of play theory, page 287

Noun (2)

maledom (countable and uncountable, plural maledoms)

  1. (uncountable) Male domination; a sexual practice in which men dominate women or other people.
  2. (countable) A male dominator in sadomasochistic sexual practices.
    • And these things are better coming from a femsub like her because you so often dismiss criticism from maledoms as proof that they can't take competition.1997, Anthony & Joy Hilbert, “Attention Joy gets (was: Woofie on Trust)”, in alt.personals.bondage (Usenet)

Forms of maledom

pluralmaledoms

Origin of maledom

From male + -dom (“group”).

From male + -dom (“domination”).

Questions about maledom

What does maledom mean?
Maledom means men considered as a group; mankind.
What part of speech is maledom?
Maledom is a noun.
How do you pronounce maledom?
Maledom is pronounced /ˈmeɪl.dəm/.
What is the plural of maledom?
The plural of maledom is maledoms.

Words near maledom in the dictionary

  1. maledictology
  2. maledictory
  3. maledicts
  4. maledight
  5. maledights
  6. maledom
  7. maledoms
  8. maleducation
  9. maleducative
  10. maleevite
  11. malefactee

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