Male Definition, Prefix, Suffix, Ologies and Isms, Male Information and Meaning

See also FATHER; MANKIND; SEX; WOMEN.

androcracy

the domination of society and politics by males. —androcratic, adj.

androgenesis

Biology. the condition of an embryo that contains only paternal chromosomes; male parthenogenesis. —androgenetic, adj.

andromania

in women, an obsession with men; nymphomania.

androphilia

a preference for males. —androphilic, adj.

androphobia

1. an abnormal fear of men.

2. a hatred of males.

bachelorism

1. dedication to the state of being a bachelor.

2. behavior typical of a bachelor.

misandry, misandria

in women, an abnormal aversion to males.

patriarchy

1. a community in which the father or oldest male is the supreme authority, and descent is traced through the male line.

2. government by males, with one as supreme. —patriarchist, n. —patri-archic, patriarchical, adj.

virilescence

a condition of some animals, and especially of some fowls, in which the female, when old, assumes some of the characteristics of the male of the species. —virilescent, adj.