‘Androcracy’/’gynocracy’ are hyponyms of, and ‘oligocracy’/’oligarchy’ is a hypernym of, what term?
What is the term for an oligocratic/oligarchic political system—one in which power is held by a subset of the overall population—where the power allocation is based on one’s sex? A society run by men is an ‘androcracy’, and one run by women a ‘gynocracy’. I am looking for the hypernym of these terms, which would … Read more