phallocracy

English

Etymology

From phallo- +‎ -cracy.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /faˈlɒkɹəsi/, /fəˈlɒkɹəsi/

Noun

phallocracy (countable and uncountable, plural phallocracies)

1. A society or government of, or dominated by, men. [from 20th c.]
   • 1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae:

     Therefore, despite its political patriarchy, Athens cannot be considered—horrid word—a phallocracy.

Synonyms

• penisocracy (informal)

Related terms

• phallocrat
• phallocratic

Translations

government by men

• Catalan: fal·locràcia f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 男權制 / 男权制, 菲羅統治 / 菲罗统治, 男權主義社會 / 男权主义社会

• Estonian: fallokraatia
• Finnish: fallokratia
• French: phallocratie (fr) f
• German: Phallokratie f
• Greek: φαλλοκρατία (el) f (fallokratía)
• Polish: fallokracja (pl) f