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noun
The privileging of masculinity in the use of speech, writing or modes of thought; phallocentrism expressed through language.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Qualifier: poststructuralist theory
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From French phallogocentrisme (coined by Derrida), corresponding to phallo- + logocentrism.
