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androcentric
[ an-druh-sen-trik ]
adjective
- centered on, emphasizing, or dominated by males or masculine interests:
an androcentric society; an androcentric religion.
androcentric
/ ˌændrəʊˈsɛntrɪk /
adjective
- having or regarding man or the male sex as central or primary
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Derived Forms
- ˌandroˈcentrism, noun
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Other Words From
- andro·centrism noun
- andro·centrist noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of androcentric1
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Example Sentences
During this period we have had almost universally what is here called an Androcentric Culture.
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This is a peculiarly happy and condensed expression of the relative position of women during our androcentric culture.
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Our androcentric culture is so shown to have been, and still to be, a masculine culture in excess, and therefore undesirable.
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Ancestor worship, that gross reversal of all natural law, is of wholly androcentric origin.
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This ultra littleness and ultra femaleness has been demanded and produced by our Androcentric Culture.
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