different between maledom vs makedom

English

Etymology 1

male +? -dom

Noun

maledom (uncountable)

1. Men considered as a group; mankind.
   • 1995, Brian Sutton-Smith, Anthony D. Pellegrini, The future of play theory (page 287)

     There is a gender connotation here also, with the second power rhetoric clearly identified with maledom...

Coordinate terms

• femaledom

Etymology 2

male +? dom

Noun

maledom (plural maledoms)

1. (chiefly Internet, BDSM, informal) A male dominator in sadomasochistic sexual practices.
   • 1997, "Anthony & Joy Hilbert", Attention Joy gets (was: Woofie on Trust) (on newsgroup alt.personals.bondage)

     And these things are better coming from a femsub like her because you so often dismiss criticism from maledoms as proof that they can't take competition.

Related terms

• femdom

English

Etymology

From make +? -dom.

Noun

makedom (uncountable)

1. Form; figure; shape; similitude; constitution.
   • 1808, Henry William Weber, The battle of Floddon field:

     […] there were two of his guard, the one called Alexander Macculloch, and the other the Squire of Cleisch, which were men of makedom both like the king; […]

   • 1915, United States Military Academy, The Howitzer:

     He has held a life membership among the wearers of decorated sleeves, though he has shifted around considerably among the various strata of makedom.

   • 1978, Alan L. Mintz, George Eliot & the novel of vocation:

     The prospect of vocational achievement can lure the aspirant on with the same endowment of "makedom and fairness" as any woman's.

See also

• likeness