Definition of Androcentric

1. Adjective. Of, pertaining to(,) or exhibiting androcentrism; focused on males. ¹

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Definition of Androcentric

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Androcentric

andouilles
andouillette
andouillettes
andradite
andradites
andragogy
andranatomy
andremeyerite
andrena
andrenid
andrenosterone
andro-
androcentric (current term)
androcentrism
androcracy
androecia
androecium
androgen-binding proteins
androgen-dependent secretory protease
androgen antagonists
androgen binding protein
androgen resistance syndromes
androgen unit
androgenemia
androgeneses

Literary usage of Androcentric

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Text-book of Sociology by James Quayle Dealey, Lester Frank Ward (1905)
"CHAPTER X THE PHYLOGENETIC FORCES 126. Two theories of sex relationship. jay. I. THE androcentric THEORY. II. THE GYN^ECOCENTRIC THEORY. — 128. ..."

2. Pure Sociology: A Treatise on the Origin and Spontaneous Development of Society by Lester Frank Ward (1903)
"... which the reader can choose according to the constitution of his mind, or he can reject both. The first I call the androcentric theory, the second the ..."

3. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1911)
"The man-made world ; or, our androcentric culture. NY, Charlton Co., 'n. (Fi8) c. 260 p. D. $i. Griffith, WJ An analysis of Welsh history. NY, Button, 'n. ..."

4. American Political Ideas: Studies in the Development of American Political by Charles Edward Merriam (1920)
"... them as such is what is meant, she said, by the phrase, " androcentric culture." This man-made world she analyzed with great enthusiasm and acuteness. ..."

5. Publication of the American Sociological Society by American Sociological Association (1907)
"The patriarchal family, even in its present reduced and modified form, is the vital core and continuing cause of our androcentric culture. ..."

6. Readings in Social Problems by Albert Benedict Wolfe (1916)
"The patriarchal family, even in its present reduced and modified form, is the vital core and continuing cause of our androcentric culture. ..."

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