gylany

== English == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek γυνή (gunḗ, “woman”) + English l(inking) and Ancient Greek λ(ύειν) (l(úein)), λ(ύω) (l(úō), “to dissolve, sever; to release, set free”) + Ancient Greek ἀνδρός (andrós) (genitive singular of ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”)) +‎ -y (suffix forming abstract nouns denoting a state, condition, or quality); coined by the Austrian-born American cultural historian and author Riane Eisler (born 1931) in writings in the 1980s, including The Chalice and the Blade (1987): see the quotations. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡɪləni/ Hyphenation: gy‧lany === Noun === gylany (countable and uncountable, plural gylanies) (sociology) A social system based on equality of women and men. [from 1980s] ==== Coordinate terms ==== androcracy gynecocracy, gynocracy ==== Derived terms ==== gylanic ==== Translations ==== === References ===