phallocentrisme
\fa.lɔ.sɑ̃.tʁism\
The verdict
“phallocentrisme” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pensée qui place l’homme supérieur à la femme.
Corpus desk
Index FR-phallocentrisme · phallocentrisme · French
phallocentrisme · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | phallocentrisme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fa.lɔ.sɑ̃.tʁism\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
phallocentrisme is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fa.lɔ.sɑ̃.tʁism\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for phallocentrisme, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is phallocentrisme, spelled P-H-A-L-L-O-C-E-N-T-R-I-S-M-E.
Definition
- 1Pensée qui place l’homme supérieur à la femme.
- 2Tendance à penser et interpréter par défaut le monde à travers un prisme masculin, particulièrement en fonction du corps, du sexe et de la sexualité des hommes, et de leurs intérêts.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how phallocentrisme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dès 1928, il s’indignait du phallocentrisme des surréalistes, et se donnait pour projet en 1934, à la fin des Cloches de Bâle, de « chanter » « la femme des temps modernes ».
Commençons donc par le phallocentrisme en anatomie. Il y a quelques années encore, certains scientifiques qualifiaient le clitoris de « pénis atrophié » – c’est-à-dire qu’un organe de femme était pensé à partir du corps des hommes.
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.