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phallocentricity

Meaning of "phallocentricity" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF PHALLOCENTRICITY

ˌfæləʊˌsɛnˈtrɪsɪtɪ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PHALLOCENTRICITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Phallocentricity is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PHALLOCENTRICITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of phallocentricity in the English dictionary

The definition of phallocentricity in the dictionary is the condition of being dominated by male attitudes.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PHALLOCENTRICITY

bioelectricity · centricity · concentricity · eccentricity · egocentricity · electricity · febricity · ferroelectricity · heliocentricity · historicity · hydroelectricity · lubricity · magnetoelectricity · photoelectricity · piezoelectricity · pyroelectricity · sphericity · theocentricity · thermoelectricity · triboelectricity

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PHALLOCENTRICITY

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE PHALLOCENTRICITY

authenticity · basicity · capacity · complicity · cytotoxicity · elasticity · ethnicity · felicity · hydrophobicity · modulus of elasticity · monotonicity · multiplicity · nephrotoxicity · periodicity · plasticity · publicity · simplicity · specificity · synchronicity · toxicity · viscoelasticity

Synonyms and antonyms of phallocentricity in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «phallocentricity» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PHALLOCENTRICITY

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The translations of phallocentricity from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «phallocentricity» in English.
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Phococentricity
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phallocentricity
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phallocentricity
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फुप्लासिकता
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phallocentricity
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phallocentricity
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Trends of use of phallocentricity

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PHALLOCENTRICITY»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of phallocentricity
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about phallocentricity

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PHALLOCENTRICITY»

Discover the use of phallocentricity in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to phallocentricity and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Reading Between the Lines: A Lesbian Feminist Critique of ...
As a designation of the central problem addressed by feminism, I prefer the term ' phallocentricity' (and the synonyms mentioned in the last chapter) to both 'sexism' and 'patriarchy', because the term 'phallocentricity' identifies the centrality of ...
Denise Thompson, 1991
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Gender and the Journal: Diaries and Academic Discourse
One critical consequence of the phallocentricity of language for these thinkers is that in the very process of acquiring language, women learn to see themselves as what Simone de Beauvoir first called the "other." As objects of study rather than ...
Cinthia Gannett, 1992
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War, Culture, and the Media: Representations of the Military ...
As Robert Hughes of Time magazine observed, "[t]he world changes more deeply, widely, thrillingly than at any moment since 1917, perhaps since 1848, and the American academic Left keeps fretting about how phallocentricity is inscribed in ...
Ian Stewart, Susan Lisa Carruthers, 1996
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Greek Tragedy Into Film
Their phallocentricity is well-motivated, in the sense that imitation phalloi are worn (some would argue carried) by the actors, and that Old Comedy may well be a development of phallic revels. In other words, the phallocentricity is based on an ...
Kenneth MacKinnon, 2013
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Gender and Knowledge: Elements of a Postmodern Feminism
Silverman, for example, argues that the double application of the concept 'man,' both gendered and neutral, has permitted the phallocentricity of our philosophical heritage to go unquestioned (1983: 131). Iris Young also emphasizes the ...
Susan Hekman, 2013
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The Subject of Semiotics
The discussion which follows will therefore pay particular attention to what might be called the Oedipalization of the subject, and the phallocentricity of that symbolic order. It will consequently scrutinize those aspects of Freud's and Lacan's ...
Kaja Silverman, 1983
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Beyond Bruce Lee: Chasing the Dragon through Film, ...
We may or may not accept Morris's contention that 'fretting over phallocentricity is now a popular occupation'. Personally, I do not, although I think that in the mid- tolate 1990s perhaps it looked like it was about to become more of 'a popular ...
Paul Bowman, 2013
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Sexuality & Gender Politics in Mozambique: Rethinking Gender ...
phallocentricity. Judith Butler's attitude to de Beauvoir is critical, but also accepting. I see this ambivalence as reflecting the ambivalence in de Beauvoir's own writing. I shall here focus on Butler's critique of de Beauvoir, which supports and ...
Signe Arnfred, 2011
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Flowers In The Attic
A major Lifetime movie event—the novel that captured the world's imagination and earned V.C. Andrews a fiercely devoted fanbase. Book One of the Dollanganger Family series. At the top of the stairs there are four secrets hidden.
V.C. Andrews, 2011
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Gender And Work In Capitalist Economies
... division of labour 96 linear time 126 femininity 88–96 masculinities 87–8, 142 phallocentricity 147 liquid modernity 142 machine-minding 50 male displacement 44–5 Mann, J. 37–8 marketing management jobs, advertisements 141–4 Marx, ...
Odih, Pam, 2007

8 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PHALLOCENTRICITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term phallocentricity is used in the context of the following news items.
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With Taylor Swift, it's complicated
At the turn of the decade, the phallocentricity of the Great Albums canon makes it read like the Great Books canon. I mean this almost literally, ... «The Bowdoin Orient, Nov 14»
2
Matthew Arnold's error: the state is bad for culture
... identity politics, attacks on the 'orientalism' of Western thinking, on the dead white men and supposed phallocentricity of the Western canon. «Spiked, Apr 14»
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Restaurant review: Balthazar, London
Hardline feminists may regret the phallocentricity, but otherwise it is hard to imagine an improvement on that. This is not to disparage Mr ... «Telegraph.co.uk, May 13»
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Delhi gangrape case: Shaming the penis back to its place
The notion of rape is the direct expression of male phallocentricity, which women should know better than to accept....”. To me, this provocative ... «Firstpost, Dec 12»
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Rape is about the absence of consent, violence or no
... with his fists or other weapons if she resists is to compound the sin of "phallocentricity" and thereby increase, rather than weaken, male pride. «Irish Independent, Aug 12»
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Robert Hughes
... thrillingly than at any moment since 1917... and the American academic left keeps fretting about how phallocentricity is inscribed in Dickens' ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Aug 12»
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honour killings: The genocide that Muslims inflict on themselves
Most are too busy denouncing the phallocentricity of free trade and unregistered guns to mourn the killing of 20,000 women every year for the ... «National Post, Sep 10»
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MOVIE REVIEW- Aloha-ha! 'Marshall' plan shortchanges women
Calling the main character Peter is only the first of many indications of the script's phallocentricity. Segel isn't exactly a sympathetic hero. «The Hook, Apr 08»
REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Phallocentricity [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/phallocentricity>. May 2024 ».
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