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Gynocentrism

Gynocentrism (Greek γυνο, gyno-, "woman", χεντρον, kentron, "center") is the practice, often consciously adopted, of placing female human beings or the female point of view at the center of one's view of the world and its culture and history. The related adjective is gynocentric.

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