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gynocriticism

noun

Etymology

From gyno- + criticism, coined by Elaine Showalter in the essay Toward a Feminist Poetics.

  1. derived from κριτικός — “of or for judging, able to discern”
  2. derived from criticus
  3. borrowed from critique
  4. formed as criticism — “critic + -ism”
  5. prefixed as gynocriticism — “gyno + criticism”

Definitions

  1. The historical study of women writers as a distinct literary tradition.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA