Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

feminocentrism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: feminocen-trism
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

focus on women; a female-centered worldview (sometimes used pejoratively to imply such a focus is misandric)

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"1994, Constance D. Harsh, Subversive heroines: feminist resolutions of social crisis in the condition-of-England novel Feminocentrism and the Road to Female Empowerment At the onset of the riot scene in North and South, Margaret Hale is safely stationed with the Thornton family on the second floor of their home."
"This method of inquiry is more holistic, as it goes beyond criticisms of androcentrism or feminocentrism (the practice of viewing the world and shaping reality from a male lens then, conversely, from a female lens) […]"
"As Laura Mulvey and many other film theorists have argued, this is a structural position that women rarely occupy in commercial cinema. Unsurprisingly, therefore, the feminocentrism of the novels is cited by several of those involved in the recent productions […]"

Etymology

From Latin fēmina + -centrism.

Word Breakdown

Root: *dʰeh₁(y)-

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

feminocentric femicentric feminacentric

Synonyms

gynocentrism

Questions

What does feminocentrism mean?: focus on women; a female-centered worldview (sometimes used pejoratively to imply such a focus is misandric)
Where does feminocentrism come from?: From Latin fēmina + -centrism.

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