androcentric
centered on, emphasizing, or dominated by males or masculine interests: an androcentric society; an androcentric religion.
Origin of androcentric
1Other words from androcentric
- an·dro·cen·trism, noun
- an·dro·cen·trist, noun
Words Nearby androcentric
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How to use androcentric in a sentence
During this period we have had almost universally what is here called an androcentric Culture.
Our Androcentric Culture, or The Man Made World | Charlotte Perkins GilmanThis is a peculiarly happy and condensed expression of the relative position of women during our androcentric culture.
Our Androcentric Culture, or The Man Made World | Charlotte Perkins GilmanOur androcentric culture is so shown to have been, and still to be, a masculine culture in excess, and therefore undesirable.
Our Androcentric Culture, or The Man Made World | Charlotte Perkins GilmanAncestor worship, that gross reversal of all natural law, is of wholly androcentric origin.
Our Androcentric Culture, or The Man Made World | Charlotte Perkins GilmanThis ultra littleness and ultra femaleness has been demanded and produced by our androcentric Culture.
Our Androcentric Culture, or The Man Made World | Charlotte Perkins Gilman
British Dictionary definitions for androcentric
/ (ˌændrəʊˈsɛntrɪk) /
having or regarding man or the male sex as central or primary
Derived forms of androcentric
- androcentrism, noun
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