The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gynocracy \Gy*noc"ra*cy\ (j[i^]*n[o^]k"r[.a]*s[y^]), n. [See Gynecocracy.] Female government; gynecocracy.
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.
Wiktionary
n. (alternative spelling of gynecocracy English)
Usage examples of "gynocracy".
Thus it was, gradually and unnoticed, that the gynocracy of Tharna came to be established, and honoured with the full weight of tradition and custom, those invisible bonds heavier than chains because they are not understood to exist.
New England disproportion of the sexes which at Burymouth is intensified almost to a pure gynocracy these friends were nearly all women, he found them even more agreeable than if they had been nearly all men.
He confessed that for nearly a month now the house had been a damned gynocracy and he was getting tired of being bossed around by a couple of women.