| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | gy·ne·coc·ra·cy |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  g  n -k k r -s , jn-, jn- |
| VARIANT FORMS: | or gy·noc·ra·cy ( g-nkr-s, j-, j-) |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. gy·ne·coc·ra·cies
1. Government by women. 2. A society ruled by women. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Greek gunaikokrati : gunaiko-, gyneco- + -krati, -cracy. | | OTHER FORMS: | gyne·co·cratic (-k-kr tk) —ADJECTIVE
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