• Femicentric

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    Full definition of femicentric

    Adjective

    femicentric

    1. woman-centric; focusing on women or pertaining to a focus on women sometimes used pejoratively to imply such focus is misandric
      • 1986, International Sociological Association. Biography and Society Research Committee, Oral History Society (Great Britain), Life Stores, Issue 2It is an order which is ‘femi-centric’ — which reflects the distinctiveness of female roles and responsibilities.
      • 1997, Thomas Robbins, Millennium, messiahs, and mayhem: contemporary apocalyptic movements, page 66REVELATIONS The Linguistic Turn With the repetition of situated, equally parochial identities — Afrocentric, homocentric, Islamic, femicentric, and so on
      • 2008 Jannie Hugo, Lucie Allan, Doctors for tomorrow: family medicine in South Africa, page 4The femicentric nature of the family in South Africa, hinging as it does on women, reflects both the strength and weakness of the institution.
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