"vaginocentrism" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From vagino- + -centrism. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|vagino|centrism}} vagino- + -centrism Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} vaginocentrism (uncountable)
  1. Focus on a female point of view. Tags: uncountable
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          "text": "In the place of the paradoxical phallocentrism Gather offers in that novel, the epilogue of Sapphim and the Slave Girl posits a vaginocentrism that refutes as strongly as phallocentrism the androgynous sexuality posited by Phyllis Robinson as the outcome of Cather's concern with sexuality.",
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          "text": "This orientation is the opposite of phallocentrism and may be called vaginocentrism. In brief, Daoism provides a useful counterweight to Western logocentrism, phallocentrism, and the metaphysics of presence.",
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