A synthesis of the Greek words crypto (to hide) and gyné (woman), this neologism was proposed by Begonya Pozo and Carles Padilla (2021) to designate the obliteration or diminishment of contributions made by women in hegemonic spheres in which salience and visibility are important. This cultural practice, paradigmatic of symbolic violence, is pervasive in traditional literary canons.
Pozo-Sánchez, Begonya; Padilla-Carmona, Carles (2021) «Criptoginia: una palabra nueva, un concepto para investigar», Quaderns de filologia. Estudis lingüístics, 26, 175-192.