| ADJECTIVE | all | matriarchal | characteristic of a matriarchy |
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| Sounds | mey.triyaa'rkahl | |
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| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | characteristic of a matriarchy. | |
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| Narrower | matriarchic | (of societies or families) having a female as the family head or having descent traced through the female line |
| matricentric | Centered upon the mother | |
| See also | maternal | characteristic of a mother |
| Opposite | patriarchal | Characteristic of a form of social organization in which the male is the family head and title is traced through the male line |
| Spanish | matriarcal | |
| Catalan | matriarcal | |
| Nouns | matriarchy | a form of social organization in which a female is the family head and title is traced through the female line |
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