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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Government or rule by women, or a society with such leadership. countable, uncountable

   "Gynaecocracy may not, however, be an idyllic affair."

2. 2
   a political system governed by a woman wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

androcracyfeminocracygynarchygynocracymatriarchy

Example

More examples

"Gynaecocracy may not, however, be an idyllic affair."

Etymology

From gyneco- + -cracy.

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