phallocentric

adjective

phal·​lo·​cen·​tric ˌfa-lə-ˈsen-trik 

: centered on or emphasizing the masculine viewpoint

phallocentrism

ˌfa-lə-ˈsen-ˌtri-zəm 

noun

Examples of phallocentric in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This is direct communication (phallocentric) vs indirect communication (gynocentric). — Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 6 June 2025

The paintings were hung by the dead hand of phallocentric meritocracy — all those works by men, ew, all that God stuff with the floating bare-butt baby angels and rapturous virgins, all those mythological scenes of conquest and violence. — James Lileks, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023

But with beautiful and positively bouncy writing, this book manages to weave together the scientific and societal missteps that got us here; how phallocentric science led to medical fallacies that are still perpetuated. — Sarah Mupo, STAT, 8 July 2022

Hefner’s phallocentric embrace of hedonism and consumerism were once at the cutting edge of both the media and entertainment industry, but look wildly out of place today. — Alan Murray, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2017

This gothily phallocentric boy-band ethos is part of why mid-aughts emo still seems, to many, like a joke. — Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2017

Word History

Etymology

phallus + -o- + -centric

First Known Use

1927, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for phallocentric

• afrocentric
• egocentric
• ethnocentric
• eurocentric
• geocentric
• metacentric
• multicentric
• polycentric
• anthropocentric
• heliocentric
• centric
• concentric