Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Authority and rule by man; hence, society organized on the basis of male supremacy. Compare gynecocracy.

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  • noun rule or government by men

Etymologies

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andro- + -cracy

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  • Our governors earn lots of mockery

    For mindlessly limp mediocrity.

    We need an infusion

    Of gender diffusion

    To stiffen the flaccid androcracy.

    January 10, 2018