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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a political system governed by a woman [syn: gynecocracy, gynarchy]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural -cies) Etymology: Greek gynaikokratia, from gynaik- + -kratia -cracy Date: 1612 political supremacy of women • gynecocratic adjective

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Gynecocracy Gyn`e*coc"ra*cy, n. [Gr. ?; gynh`, gynaiko`s, a woman + ? to rule: cf. F. gyn['e]cocratie. Cf. Gynocracy.] Government by a woman, female power; gyneocracy. --Bailey.