maleocracy

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

male +‎ -ocracy

Noun[edit]

maleocracy (plural maleocracies)

  1. (rare) System of power dominated by males.
    • 1994, Julia Penelope, Out of the Class Closet: Lesbians Speak[1]:
      Heidi Hartmann (1981) discusses well the conflicting interests of capital and maleocracy, but describes these as two separate systems, one having classes and the other apparently having none.

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