gynarchy
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- noun Government by a woman or by women; the rule of women.
Examples
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However, I am fascinated by a recurring and often emotional insistence on the 'irresponsibility' and invalidity of theories of ancient gynarchy or matriarchy.
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She has, in other words evolved that intricate and gynarchy known as professional society, the punishment and the despair of naturally anti-social American man.
Arthur Stringer, 'Barbarous Woman,' The Smart Set: A Magazine of Cleverness, September 1912
Note
This word comes from the Greek ‘gyné,’ a woman, a wife, and ‘arkhon,’ ruler.
