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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Critical terms #1803 05/01/2000 9:37 AM Joined: May 2000 Posts: 4 Scotland Nels stranger Nels stranger Joined: May 2000 Posts: 4 Scotland The critic Elaine Showalter contrived the term 'gynocriticism' for feminist literary theory and criticism. What would masculininst literary theory and criticism be called? Opposite of 'gyno-' is what I'm looking for I guess. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Critical terms #1804 05/01/2000 3:14 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 19 Orange County Calif. patatty stranger patatty stranger Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 19 Orange County Calif. How about "politically incorrect?" (more)Seriously, masculist (sorry, but that would be the strictly formed counterpart word form to feminist) commentary could be called androcriticism... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Critical terms #1805 05/02/2000 9:12 PM Joined: May 2000 Posts: 4 Scotland Nels stranger Nels stranger Joined: May 2000 Posts: 4 Scotland Oxford dictionary masculinist… n. an advocate of the rights of men. adj. of or relating to the advocacy of the rights of men. Masculininst was a typo but masculinist, not masculist, is the correct word. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Critical terms #1806 05/05/2000 3:43 PM Joined: May 2000 Posts: 19 Washington, DC, USA GZini stranger GZini stranger Joined: May 2000 Posts: 19 Washington, DC, USA "Andro-" (or "andr-") is a combining form suggesting maleness, and is the "opposite" of "gyno-" which you seek. Unfortunately, since sci-fi has given us "androids," that meaning may be slightly diluted. I seem to remember another one, "hiero-" or something like that, but the precise spelling escapes me. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Critical terms #1807 05/09/2000 7:21 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 19 Orange County Calif. patatty stranger patatty stranger Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 19 Orange County Calif. Nels - I wasn't disputing the OED, merely pointing out that "feminist" morphs to "masculist". To derive "masculinist" from a female counterpart, that initial word would have to be "femininist". It is not the first nor the last inconsistency in this language. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Critical terms #1808 05/15/2000 6:14 PM Joined: May 2000 Posts: 4 Scotland Nels stranger Nels stranger Joined: May 2000 Posts: 4 Scotland I have heard many advocates and critics of equality use the word 'femininist' (pronounced 'femininisht') but usually with a little sherry on their lips. Rather than being an inconsistency in language, this is an affront to temperate sensibilities. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Critical terms #1809 05/15/2000 6:23 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass re: femininist perhaps this was shortened to feminist through haplology! 8-) http://members.aol.com/tsuwm/ Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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