Gynocracy \Gy*noc"ra*cy\ (j[i^]*n[o^]k"r[.a]*s[y^]), n. [See
{Gynecocracy}.]
Female government; gynecocracy.
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The aforesaid state has repeatedly changed from
absolute despotism to republicanism, not forgetting the
intermediate stages of oligarchy, limited monarchy, and
even gynocracy; for I myself remember Alsatia governed
for nearly nine months by an old fishwoman. --Sir W.
Scott.
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