androcentrism

noun

"androcentrism" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“androcentrism” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An ideological focus on males, and issues affecting them, possibly to the detriment of non-males.

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Index EN-androcentrism · androcentrism · English

androcentrism · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "A" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for androcentrism
PropertyValue
Headwordandrocentrism
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “androcentrism” in English

androcentrismranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

androcentrism is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An ideological focus on males, and issues affecting them, possibly to the detriment of non-males.".

No misspelling variants are generated for androcentrism in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Etymologically, the entry records: From andro- + -centrism. The correct English form is androcentrism, spelled A-N-D-R-O-C-E-N-T-R-I-S-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    An ideological focus on males, and issues affecting them, possibly to the detriment of non-males.

Etymology

From andro- + -centrism.

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "androcentrism"?
"androcentrism" is spelled A-N-D-R-O-C-E-N-T-R-I-S-M.
What does "androcentrism" mean?
As a noun, "androcentrism" means: An ideological focus on males, and issues affecting them, possibly to the detriment of non-males.
What is the origin of the word "androcentrism"?
From andro- + -centrism. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list