gynarchy
Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Government by a woman or by women; the rule of women.
This word comes from the Greek ‘gyné,’ a woman, a wife, and ‘arkhon,’ ruler.
Examples
“However, I am fascinated by a recurring and often emotional insistence on the 'irresponsibility' and invalidity of theories of ancient gynarchy or matriarchy.”
“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
