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womencentric en · ADJ

Etymology

From woman + -centric.

Meanings

  1. Focusing or placing emphasis on women.
    • The book arrives at a time when American pop culture is seeing a new wave of revisionist Westerns such as Hostiles and Damsel, along with women-centric works in the genre, like Jane Got a Gun, Westworld, and Godless. 2018 September 1, Lenika Cruz, “Coyote Doggirl Gives the Western a Whimsical, Watercolor Spin”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 04 Dec 2022:
    • In total, I count only 31 female-centered pictures at the top of the charts in 30 years. And I was pretty generous in what I labeled womancentric. I included Fatal Attraction and Basic Instinct, for instance, though both are arguably more about Michael Douglas than about the women who torment him. 2015 June 8, Bob Mondello, “This Year, Women (And Girls) Rule The Big Screen”, in NPR, archived from the original on 14 Aug 2022:
    • As the app positions itself as a cool, trendy dating app for millennial women, it makes sense that Bumble's office is equally womencentric. 2017 November 28, Ellen Scott, “Bumble's offices are as dreamy as you'd imagine”, in Metro, archived from the original on 18 Jan 2021:

Forms

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womancentric alternative lexicographic
more womencentric Degree=Cmp lexicographic
woman-centric alternative lexicographic
most womencentric Degree=Sup lexicographic
women-centric alternative lexicographic

Antonyms

androcentric · phallocentric

Synonyms

gynocentric · feminocentric