gynecocracy

English

Etymology

From gyneco- +‎ -cracy.

Noun

gynecocracy (countable and uncountable, plural gynecocracies)

1. (government, sociology) Government or rule by women, or a society with such leadership.

   Synonyms: feminocracy, gynocracy

   • 1999, Jacqueline Rose, “Go girl”, in London Review of Books, section 21.19:

     Gynaecocracy may not, however, be an idyllic affair.

Alternative forms

• gynaecocracy

Coordinate terms

• androcracy
• gylany

Related terms

• gynecocratic
• gynarchy

Translations

government or rule by women

Finnish: naisvalta, gynarkia French: gynocratie (fr) f, gynécocratie (fr) f German: Weiberherrschaft f, Frauenherrschaft (de) f, Gynokratie f, Gynäkokratie (de) f Greek: γυναικοκρατία (el) f (gynaikokratía) Ancient Greek: γυναικοκρατία f (gunaikokratía) Portuguese: ginecocracia (pt) Serbo-Croatian: ginekokracija (sh) f, ginokracija f Spanish: ginecocracia f Swedish: please add this translation if you can Turkish: kadınların yönetimi, jinokrasi, jinekokrasi

See also

• matriarchy
• patriarchy