gynarchy
A Word with Greek Root, Prefix or Suffix
gyn
A Word with Greek Root, Prefix or Suffix
gynarchy
government by women
女人政治 , 女人当政
Dissection of gynarchy
gynarchy = gyn (woman) + arch (rule, govern, first) + -y (suffix for abstract noun; state)
gynarchy = the government by women
Now Repeat my Dissection
gynarchy = the government by women
Important roots for this word:
arch
gyn
Note: You may sometimes find that a vowel such as o is often inserted between two roots, as o inserted between phon and graph in phonograph = phon + o + graph, the reason is for easy pronounciation. Another example is archaeology = archae + o + logy
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