androcentric

[ an-druh-sen-trik ]

adjective

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

   an androcentric society; an androcentric religion.

androcentric

/ ˌændrəʊˈsɛntrɪk /

adjective

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

Derived Forms

• ˌandroˈcentrism, noun

Other Words From

• andro·centrism noun
• andro·centrist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of androcentric¹

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

Example Sentences

As she dug in, she said she noticed something else: “Not only is human medicine anthropocentric, it’s androcentric” — that is, focused on cisgender men.

From Los Angeles Times

In response to multiculturalism, the lineup of historical events became more politically correct, though no less androcentric.

From Los Angeles Times

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

From Los Angeles Times

All the subtext buried in the band’s back catalog, all the tension that comes with living invisibly female in an androcentric industry and a transphobic society, it’s all finally laid bare.

From Time

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 Project Gutenberg