Amazonism

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Amazon +‎ -ism

Noun[edit]

Amazonism (uncountable)

  1. Domination of society by women; an extreme matriarchal system.
    • 2004, Gérald Gaillard, The Routledge Dictionary of Anthropologists, page 10:
      In reaction against Amazonism, the next era of human society sees the development of a new form of marriage under male hegemony.
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