maledom

English

Etymology 1

From male +‎ -dom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeɪl.dəm/

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• Rhymes: -eɪldəm
• Hyphenation: male‧dom

Noun

maledom (uncountable)

2. Men considered as a group; mankind.

   Coordinate term: femaledom

   • 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...

Etymology 2

From male +‎ dom, short for domination or dominance.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmeɪlˌdɒm/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmeɪlˌdɑm/
• Rhymes: -eɪldɒm
• Hyphenation: male‧dom

Noun

maledom (countable and uncountable, plural maledoms)

2. (BDSM, uncountable) Male domination; a sexual practice in which men dominate women or other people.
4. (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.

Coordinate terms

• daddy dom
• femdom
• femboydom
• futadom (Japanese pornography)