phallocracy

/faˈlɒkɹəsi/

Etymology

From phallo- + -cracy.

phallocracy means A society or government of, or dominated by, men. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

phallocracy is pronounced /faˈlɒkɹəsi/.

Why “phallocracy” is a great word

PHALLOCRACY — [Noun] A social or political system in which power is symbolically and institutionally dominated by men, expressed through an ethos of masculine supremacy. From the combining form phallo- (from Greek phallos, "penis," used as a symbol of male power) + -cracy (from Greek -kratia, "rule, government"). Formed within English, modelled on a French lexical item; first attested in 1977. Unlike "patriarchy," which denotes the broader social and familial structures of male authority, or "matriarchy," its conceptual opposite, phallocracy foregrounds the crude iconography of the phallus as the totem of rule. It is the boardroom joke that silences, the architecture of relentless towers straining skyward, and the monologic drone of policy decided without a different voice—a regime that mistakes one anatomy for an entire ideology.

noun

A society or government of, or dominated by, men.“Therefore, despite its political patriarchy, Athens cannot be considered—horrid word—a phallocracy.”