Etymology

gynocriticism

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Today it means: The historical study of women writers as a distinct literary tradition. Full definition →

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From gyno- + criticism, coined by Elaine Showalter in the essay Toward a Feminist Poetics.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.