gynarchy

noun
/ˈɡaɪˌnɑːki/UK/ˈɡaɪˌnɑɹki/US

Etymology

From gyn- + -archy.

Definitions

  1. A government ruled by a woman or women.

    • But I have always ſome hopes of a change under a Gunarchy ; where whim and humour commonly prevail, reaſon very ſeldom, and then only by a lucky miſtake.
  2. Government by a woman or women.

    • They did not band themselves together for or against anarchy or gynarchy, monarchy or hierarchy, or any form of civil or religious government, but simply against slavery.

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Derived

gynarchic

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