gynaecocracy

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A form of gynecocracy — Government or rule by women, or a society with such leadership.

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Meanings

noungynaecocracy (countable and uncountable, plural gynaecocracies)

plural gynaecocracies

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of gynecocracy.

    To Bachofen these denunciations represent the protest of gynaecocracy against the encroachment of a later system of social organization.

    1924, Herbert Weir Smyth, “II. The Suppliant Maidens”, in Aeschylean Tragedy, page 56
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APA

gynaecocracy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gynaecocracy

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“gynaecocracy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gynaecocracy. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gynaecocracy,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gynaecocracy.

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