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Gynarchy

//ˈɡaɪˌnɑːki// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A government ruled by a woman or women. countable

    "But I have always ſome hopes of a change under a Gunarchy ; where whim and humour commonly prevail, reaſon very ſeldom, and then only by a lucky miſtake."

  2. 2
    a political system governed by a woman wordnet
  3. 3
    Government by a woman or women. uncountable

    "They did not band themselves together for or against anarchy or gynarchy, monarchy or hierarchy, or any form of civil or religious government, but simply against slavery."

Etymology

From gyn- + -archy.

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