Gynecocracy, gynaecocracy, gynocracy, gyneocracy, and gynarchy generally mean 'government by women over women and men'.Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam (Merriam-Webster), 1966), entries gynecocracy, gynocracy, & gynarchy.The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 3d ed. 1992 ()), entries gynecocracy, gynocracy, & gynarchy.Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (N.Y.: Random House, 2d ed. 2001 ()), entries gynecocracy & gynarchy. All of these words are synonyms in their most important definitions, and while these words all share that principal meaning, they differ a little in their additional meanings, so that gynecocracy also means 'women's social supremacy',Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam (Merriam-Webster), 1966), entry gynecocracy. gynaecocracy also means 'government by one woman', 'female dominance', and, derogatorily, 'petticoat government', and gynocracy also means 'women as the ruling class'. Gyneocracy is rarely used in modern times. None of these definitions are limited to mothers.
gynecocracy gynaecocracy gynocracy gyneocracy and gynarchy generally mean 'government by women over women and men'webster's third new international dictionary of the english language unabridged (g & c merriam (merriam-webster) 1966) entries gynecocracy gynocracy & gynarchythe american heritage dictionary of the english language (boston mass houghton mifflin 3d ed 1992 ()) entries gynecocracy gynocracy & gynarchyrandom house webster's unabridged dictionary (ny random house 2d ed 2001 ()) entries gynecocracy & gynarchy all of these words are synonyms in their most important definitions and while these words all share that principal meaning they differ a little in their additional meanings so that gynecocracy also means 'women's social supremacy'webster's third new international dictionary of the english language unabridged (g & c merriam (merriam-!webster) 1966) entry gynecocracy gynaecocracy also means 'government by one woman' 'female dominance' and derogatorily 'petticoat government' and gynocracy also means 'women as the ruling class' gyneocracy is rarely used in modern times none of these definitions are limited to mothers