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gynocentrism

noun

An ideological focus on females, and issues affecting them, possibly to the detriment of non-females.

Opposite

androcentrism phallocentrism

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Meanings

noungynocentrism (uncountable)

uncountableAn ideological focus on females, and issues affecting them, possibly to the detriment of non-females.
We Americans have not so much need to take his admonitions to heart as Continental Europeans, seeing that captious critics are prone to regard us as suffering rather from gynocentrism than anthropocentrism.
1897, “Book Reviews and Notes”, in The Open Court, volume 11, page 575

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite

androcentrism phallocentrism

Also see

Origin

From gyno- + -centrism.

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Translations

Polish gynocentryzm

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Spanish ginocentrismo

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gynocentrism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gynocentrism

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Chicago

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