Etymology

kyriarchy

ky·ri·ar·chy
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Today it means: A system of ruling and oppression in which many people may interact and act as oppressor or oppressed. Full definition →

First used 1992Ancient Greek κύριος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκύριος“lord, master”
  2. English todaykyriarchy

From Ancient Greek κύριος (kúrios, “lord, master”) + -archy (“rule of”), modelled after German Herrschaft (“lordship; dominion, reign”) and expanding on patriarchy. Coined by Romanian-born German-American feminist theologian Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza in 1992.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekκύριος all →

kyriosCyriackyriology

First known use, by meaning

  • from 1992 A system of ruling and oppression in which many people may interact and act as oppressor or oppressed.

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