1. of, relating to, or characterized by gynarchy; ruled or governed by women
Usage: formal; rare

Examples

• The novel depicted a gynarchic society where women held all positions of political power.
• Some anthropologists have theorized about gynarchic structures in ancient matrilineal cultures.
• The author imagined a gynarchic future in which traditional gender hierarchies were completely reversed.
• Feminist scholars sometimes reference gynarchic models as thought experiments in social organization.