maledom

English

Etymology 1

male +‎ -dom

Noun

maledom (uncountable)

1. Men considered as a group; mankind.
   • 1995, Brian Sutton-Smith, Anthony D. Pellegrini, The future of play theory, page 287:

     There is a gender connotation here also, with the second power rhetoric clearly identified with maledom...

Coordinate terms

• femaledom

Etymology 2

male +‎ dom

Noun

maledom (countable and uncountable, plural maledoms)

1. (BDSM, uncountable) male domination, a sexual practice in which men dominate other people.
2. (BDSM, countable) A male dominator in sadomasochistic sexual practices.
   • 1997, Anthony & Joy Hilbert, “Attention Joy gets (was: Woofie on Trust)”, in alt.personals.bondage (Usenet):

     And these things are better coming from a femsub like her because you so often dismiss criticism from maledoms as proof that they can't take competition.

Related terms

• femdom
• daddy dom