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 |
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Sounds | mey'triyaa.rkiy | |
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Rhymes | achy ... yucky: 142 rhymes with kiy... |
Meaning | 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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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 |
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