HyperDic: matriarchy

English > 1 sense of the word *matriarchy*:
NOUN	group	matriarchy, matriarchate	a form of social organization in which a female is the family head and title is traced through the female line

matriarchy > pronunciation
Sounds	mey'triyaa.rkiy
Rhymes	achy ... yucky: 142 rhymes with kiy...

English > *matriarchy*: 1 sense > noun 1, group
Meaning	A form of social organization in which a female is the family head and title is traced through the female line.
Synonym	matriarchate
Broader	social organization, social organisation, social structure, social system, structure	The people in a society considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships
Spanish	matriarcado
Catalan	matriarcat
Adjectives	matriarchal	characteristic of a matriarchy