womencentric

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Etymology

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From woman +‎ -centric.

Adjective

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womencentric (comparative more womencentric, superlative most womencentric)

  1. Focusing or placing emphasis on women.
    Synonyms: feminocentric, gynocentric
    Antonyms: androcentric, phallocentric
    • 2015 June 8, Bob Mondello, “This Year, Women (And Girls) Rule The Big Screen”, in NPR[1], archived from the original on 2022-08-14:
      In total, I count only 31 female-centered pictures at the top of the charts in 30 years. And I was pretty generous in what I labeled womancentric. I included Fatal Attraction and Basic Instinct, for instance, though both are arguably more about Michael Douglas than about the women who torment him.
    • 2017 November 28, Ellen Scott, “Bumble's offices are as dreamy as you'd imagine”, in Metro[2], archived from the original on 2021-01-18:
      As the app positions itself as a cool, trendy dating app for millennial women, it makes sense that Bumble's office is equally womencentric.
    • 2018 September 1, Lenika Cruz, “Coyote Doggirl Gives the Western a Whimsical, Watercolor Spin”, in The Atlantic[3], archived from the original on 2022-12-04:
      The book arrives at a time when American pop culture is seeing a new wave of revisionist Westerns such as Hostiles and Damsel, along with women-centric works in the genre, like Jane Got a Gun, Westworld, and Godless.