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Meaning of "phallocentric" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PHALLOCENTRIC

From phallus + -centric.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PHALLOCENTRIC

phallocentric  [ˌfæləʊˈsɛntrɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PHALLOCENTRIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Phallocentric is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PHALLOCENTRIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Phallogocentrism

In critical theory and deconstruction, phallogocentrism is a neologism coined by Jacques Derrida to refer to the privileging of the masculine in the construction of meaning. It is a portmanteau of the older terms phallocentrism, putting the masculine point of view central, and logocentrism, giving a central place to words and language in assigning meaning to the world. Derrida and others identified phonocentrism, or the prioritizing of speech over writing, as an integral part of phallogocentrism. Derrida explored this idea in his essay "Plato's Pharmacy".

Definition of phallocentric in the English dictionary

The definition of phallocentric in the dictionary is dominated by male attitudes.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PHALLOCENTRIC


acentric
eɪˈsɛntrɪk
acrocentric
ˌækrəʊˈsɛntrɪk
androcentric
ˌændrəʊˈsɛntrɪk
anthropocentric
ˌænθrəpəʊˈsɛntrɪk
barycentric
ˌbærɪˈsɛntrɪk
centric
ˈsɛntrɪk
concentric
kənˈsɛntrɪk
eccentric
ɪkˈsɛntrɪk
ecocentric
ˌiːkəʊˈsɛntrɪk
egocentric
ˌiːɡəʊˈsɛntrɪk
ethnocentric
ˌɛθnəʊˈsɛntrɪk
Eurocentric
ˌjʊərəʊˈsɛntrɪk
exocentric
ˌɛksəʊˈsɛntrɪk
geocentric
ˌdʒiːəʊˈsɛntrɪk
heliocentric
ˌhiːlɪəʊˈsɛntrɪk
metacentric
ˌmɛtəˈsɛntrɪk
pericentric
ˌpɛrɪˈsɛntrɪk
polycentric
ˌpɒlɪˈsɛntrɪk
theocentric
ˌθɪəˈsɛntrɪk
topocentric
ˌtɒpəˈsɛntrɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PHALLOCENTRIC

phalansterist
phalanstery
phalanx
phalarope
phalli
phallic
phallic symbol
phallically
phallicism
phallicist
phallin
phallism
phallist
phallocentricity
phallocentrism
phallocrat
phallocratic
phalloid
phalloidin
phallus

WORDS THAT END LIKE PHALLOCENTRIC

areocentric
asymmetric
bicentric
electric
endocentric
gastric
geometric
homocentric
hydroelectric
mantric
metric
multicentric
pediatric
psychiatric
selenocentric
submetacentric
symmetric
Tantric
telocentric
uneccentric

Synonyms and antonyms of phallocentric in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «phallocentric» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PHALLOCENTRIC

Find out the translation of phallocentric to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of phallocentric from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «phallocentric» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

phallocentric
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

falocéntrica
570 millions of speakers

English

phallocentric
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

phallocentric
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

phallocentric
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

phallocentric
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

falocêntrica
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

phallocentric
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

phallocentrique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Phallocentric
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

phallozentrischen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

phallocentric
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

phallocentric
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Phallocentric
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phallocentric
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

phallocentric
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फुफ्टेन्द्र्रीय
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

fallus
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fallocentrica
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

phallocentric
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

phallocentric
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

falocentrică
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

phallocentric
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

phallocentric
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

phallocentric
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

phallocentric
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of phallocentric

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PHALLOCENTRIC»

The term «phallocentric» is normally little used and occupies the 150.092 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PHALLOCENTRIC» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about phallocentric

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PHALLOCENTRIC»

Discover the use of phallocentric in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to phallocentric and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Women and Language Debate: A Sourcebook
For Irigaray this lack of dependence upon heterosexual coitus for pleasure resists the phallocentric fiction of regulation by classification, for "woman is neither one nor two" and therefore defies the binary process of phallocentric definitions.
Camille Roman, Suzanne Juhasz, Cristanne Miller, 1994
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Reading Art, Reading Irigaray: The Politics of Art by Women
The phallocentric gaze 'discovers' all this, and can account for it and confirm her as 'other of the same' through the structures of castration theory and penis-envy. Thus also the omnipotence of the phallocentric gaze is confirmed. The 'blind ...
Hilary Robinson, 2006
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Cultural Reproduction
Female sexuality itself may be thought of as a third term in that it is clearly not the sexuality formed in phallocentric economy and in that it would disrupt any such centred economy. It functions, then, much in the way that Derrida's undecidables  ...
Chris Jenks, 2002
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The SAGE Dictionary of Cultural Studies
PHALLOCENTRIC that is consulted and invoked. This is an appeal to an authority that has no origin or universal foundations. Indeed, the very practice of citation produces the authority that is cited and reconstitutes the law. The maintenance of ...
Chris Barker, 2004
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Feminism, Bakhtin, and the Dialogic
She has not given up attacking logic and phallocentric discourse, but she does all of this in a more traditionally logical and methodical way than she had done it before. Moi has severely criticized Irigaray for this seeming inconsistency in style  ...
Dale M. Bauer, Susan Jaret McKinstry, 1991
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The RoutledgeFalmer Reader in Multicultural Education
In the case of the retreatists, their experience was not one of a phallocentric charged rebellion. They resisted school through subversion. They add another complex layer to any notion of a uniform 'black masculine' experience in Township ...
David Gillborn, Gloria Ladson-Billings, 2004
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Embodying Morality: Growing Up in Rural Northern Vietnam
a process that Derrida defines as "difference" (see also Fuss 1989: 12-13; Scholes 1989; Thomsen 1985:146-149).21 The feminist philosopher Vicki Kirby ( 1991:15—17) elaborates on Derrida by discussing what she calls phallocentric ...
Helle Rydstrøm, 2003
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Beyond Feminist Aesthetics: Feminist Literature and Social ...
While there are obvious reasons for women's skepticism regarding the value of engagement within a male-defined political arena, a refusal of the social and political realm as repressive and "phallocentric" in favor of a withdrawal into linguistic ...
Rita Felski, 1989
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Postmodernism: Critical texts
D.A. The kind of historical re-reading I referred to in my previous question is perhaps most advanced in some feminist criticism, which takes as its goal the demonstration of the phallocentric assumptions of literary texts over a long period , ...
Victor E. Taylor, Charles E. Winquist, 1998
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Discographies: Dance, Music, Culture and the Politics of Sound
In discussingVandervelde's composition Genesis II, McClary uses a series of descriptive phrases which she suggests can be applied to music organized along non-phallocentric lines. Genesis II dramatizes an apparent conflict between such  ...
Jeremy Gilbert, Ewan Pearson, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PHALLOCENTRIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term phallocentric is used in the context of the following news items.
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My Husband Had to Learn Sex Again, and I Had to Become One …
I gave up the phallocentric writing that was the mainstay of my literature degree, and instead read what I missed: women's stories. My women ... «AlterNet, Jul 15»
2
Choice: ceramics at Beaver Gallery
... Western and Eastern imagery in his brightly painted sculptural form to explore phallocentric discourse in both Eastern and Western religions. «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
3
The Pursuit of Manliness
Would anything so blatantly phallocentric be countenanced in Austin, or even Graz? It's WWE with holy water, minus the tongues-in-cheeks. «Daily Yonder, Jul 15»
4
Into the Abyss
Thus traditional discourse and learning are impugned as “logocentric” (dominated by the word), “phallocentric” (dominated by the male), and ... «The Weekly Standard, Jul 15»
5
HALF ART: Tender terrain in ties that bind
... but not sentimental, images of parents and daughters demand of the viewer a sympathy and critical acumen beyond the phallocentric anxiety ... «BDlive, Jul 15»
6
Donald Trump Stole Chris Christie's Brand
... Trump's fresher, more nuanced, and less phallocentric phrase "haters and losers." For the moment, voters agree: nationally, Trump is polling ... «The New Republic, Jun 15»
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I'll support England's women, but it's not like men's football – and …
They deserve more and better coverage from a phallocentric media which is content to pay lip service to their achievements. On the eve of the ... «The Independent, Jun 15»
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Sculptor Phyllida Barlow on uncompromising art
... women can share and even find the same formal eroticism, whether it's a hole in a sculpture or a phallocentric monument. There shouldn't be ... «Scotsman, Jun 15»
9
12 Crazy Amazing Facts About The Clitoris
CLITERACY, 100 Natural Laws (2012) includes a monumental wall of texts which challenge phallocentric biases in science, law, philosophy, ... «Huffington Post, Jun 15»
10
What if teenagers helped write their own sex ed curriculum?
The inherent asymmetry this creates then stigmatises female pleasure, while reinforcing a phallocentric model of sex. Thus male pleasure is ... «Daily Life, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Phallocentric [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/phallocentric>. Apr 2024 ».
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