This week’s theme
There’s a word for it

This week’s words
sillage
androcracy
pinetum
arctophile
make-work

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(an-DROK-ruh-see)

MEANING:

noun: A system ruled by men.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin andro- (male), from Greek + -cracy (rule). Earliest documented use: 1903.

USAGE:

“Some think the system’s androcracy simply perpetuates itself, as powerful men promote other men to positions of power.”
Promotion and Self-Promotion; The Economist (London, UK); Aug 31, 2013.

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