English

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Etymology

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From Amazon +‎ -ism.

Noun

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Amazonism (uncountable)

  1. Domination of society by women; an extreme matriarchal system.
    • 2004, Gérald Gaillard, The Routledge Dictionary of Anthropologists, page 10:
      In reaction against Amazonism, the next era of human society sees the development of a new form of marriage under male hegemony.