Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to androcracy or the supremacy of man over woman in social relations, or having the quality of such supremacy.
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Examples
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The theory persists to-day as a vestige from a past epoch -- much as, according to Gray, there is still to be found in androcratic China a gynecocratic oasis where the ancient dominance of women has been preserved without change.
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For the adjectival forms androcratic and gynecocratic, and for similar locutions, we generally use "Men's-State" and "Women's-State," with a hyphen to indicate that the significance is adjectival.
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Moreover, how did such androcratic manifestations and violently anti-feminist sentiment escape the attention of an acclaimed philosopher as Samuel P. Huntington?
magic-city-news.com 2009
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How do such androcratic manifestations, especially violently anti-feminist sentiment as has been defended by Islam's apologists for centuries, become "a substantial appeal to women."
magic-city-news.com 2009
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Moreover, how did such androcratic manifestations and violently anti-feminist sentiment escape the attention of an acclaimed philosopher as Samuel P. Huntington?
magic-city-news.com 2009
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How do such androcratic manifestations, especially violently anti-feminist sentiment as has been defended by Islam's apologists for centuries, become "a substantial appeal to women."
magic-city-news.com 2009
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That doesn’t explain why women catfight, women catfight because we live in an androcratic society that encourages pointing out the differences in one another, resulting in violence if need be.
Elisabeth Hasselbeck Leaving “The View” Rumors Debunked 2008
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