Gynocracy

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gynocracy \Gy*noc"ra*cy\ (j[i^]*n[o^]k"r[.a]*s[y^]), n. [See
     {Gynecocracy}.]
     Female government; gynecocracy.
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           The aforesaid state has repeatedly changed from


           absolute despotism to republicanism, not forgetting the
           intermediate stages of oligarchy, limited monarchy, and
           even gynocracy; for I myself remember Alsatia governed
           for nearly nine months by an old fishwoman. --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
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