petticoat governmentn.

Brit.

/ˈpɛtɪkəʊtˌɡʌvnm(ə)nt/, U.S.

/ˈˌpɛdiˌkoʊtˈˌɡəvər(n)m(ə)nt/,

/ˈˌpɛdəˌkoʊtˈˌɡəvər(n)m(ə)nt/; see also government n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: petticoat n., government n.

Etymology: < petticoat n. + government n.

Usually depreciative.

Rule by, or undue predominance or influence of women in domestic, political, or public life.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > rule of any class or persons > [noun] > of women

gynarchy1587

gyneocracy1611

gynaecocracy1612

petticoat government1699

gynocracy1728

Amazonianism1826

Amazonism1828

1699 E. Ward London Spy I. x. 15 I believe happen'd most of them to be enslav'd under Petticoat-Government, and came hither to learn how to tame a Shrew.

1702 J. Dunton Petticoat-Government 70 By Petticoat-Government, I mean when Good Women Ascend the Throne, and Rule according to Law, as is the case of the present Queen. Again, by Petticoat-Government, I mean the discreet and housewifely Ruling of a House and Family.

1731 H. Fielding Welsh Opera i. i. 1 Petticoat Government is a very lamentable Thing indeed.

1825 W. Cobbett Rural Rides in Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 5 Nov. 334 He, being under strict petticoat government..was compelled to get home that night.

1884 Christian World 19 June 453/1 This..would throw electoral power into the hands of women, and petticoat government would prevail.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xv. [Circe] 495 The missus is master. Petticoat government.

1973 J. Brooke King George III ii. 49 One lesson which Bute taught the Prince and which he never forgot was to beware of petticoat government.

2003 Korea Herald (Nexis) 13 Aug. Many Korean students..are suffering from the formidable petticoat government that controls their lives.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	petticoat government
释义	petticoat governmentn. Brit. /ˈpɛtɪkəʊtˌɡʌvnm(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˈˌpɛdiˌkoʊtˈˌɡəvər(n)m(ə)nt/, /ˈˌpɛdəˌkoʊtˈˌɡəvər(n)m(ə)nt/; see also government n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: petticoat n., government n. Etymology: < petticoat n. + government n. Usually depreciative. Rule by, or undue predominance or influence of women in domestic, political, or public life. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > rule of any class or persons > [noun] > of women gynarchy1587 gyneocracy1611 gynaecocracy1612 petticoat government1699 gynocracy1728 Amazonianism1826 Amazonism1828 1699 E. Ward London Spy I. x. 15 I believe happen'd most of them to be enslav'd under Petticoat-Government, and came hither to learn how to tame a Shrew. 1702 J. Dunton Petticoat-Government 70 By Petticoat-Government, I mean when Good Women Ascend the Throne, and Rule according to Law, as is the case of the present Queen. Again, by Petticoat-Government, I mean the discreet and housewifely Ruling of a House and Family. 1731 H. Fielding Welsh Opera i. i. 1 Petticoat Government is a very lamentable Thing indeed. 1825 W. Cobbett Rural Rides in Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 5 Nov. 334 He, being under strict petticoat government..was compelled to get home that night. 1884 Christian World 19 June 453/1 This..would throw electoral power into the hands of women, and petticoat government would prevail. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xv. [Circe] 495 The missus is master. Petticoat government. 1973 J. Brooke King George III ii. 49 One lesson which Bute taught the Prince and which he never forgot was to beware of petticoat government. 2003 Korea Herald (Nexis) 13 Aug. Many Korean students..are suffering from the formidable petticoat government that controls their lives. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1699
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