Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gynocentrism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gy-no-cen-trism
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

From gyno- + -centrism.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: gyno
Suffix: centrism

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

gynocentric

Antonyms

androcentrism phallocentrism

Questions

What does gynocentrism mean?: An ideological focus on females, and issues affecting them, possibly to the detriment of non-females.
Where does gynocentrism come from?: From gyno- + -centrism.

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