253. Male
See also 153. FATHER ; 255. MANKIND ; 364. SEX ; 424. 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.