androcentric

American  

[an-druh-sen-trik] / ˌæn drəˈsɛn trɪk /

adjective

1. centered on, emphasizing, or dominated by males or masculine interests.

   an androcentric society; an androcentric religion.

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androcentric British  

/ ˌændrəʊˈsɛntrɪk /

adjective

1. having or regarding man or the male sex as central or primary

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Other Word Forms

• androcentrism noun
• androcentrist noun

Etymology

Origin of androcentric

1900–05; andro- + -centric, on the model of ethnocentric ( def. )

Example Sentences

Today, she believes, “If we can move from an androcentric, anthropocentric view to a sex-, gender-, and species-spanning perspective, then we can do good.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 2022

The prefix “her” instead of “his” is used to disrupt the often androcentric nature of history.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 13, 2019

They are obsessed by this dominant idea of sex; due clearly enough to the long period of male dominance—to our androcentric culture.

From The Forerunner, Volume 1 (1909-1910) by Gilman, Charlotte Perkins

But we have also developed an array of diseases, follies, vices, and crimes, which distinguish us from the other animals as markedly as does our androcentric culture.

From The Forerunner, Volume 1 (1909-1910) by Gilman, Charlotte Perkins

Admires the way you take the individual problems of individual women, and by means of the individual problems lead these women into the larger view of life and into an understanding of the androcentric culture.

From The Forerunner, Volume 1 (1909-1910) by Gilman, Charlotte Perkins