HyperDic: patriarchy

English > 1 sense of the word patriarchy:
NOUNgrouppatriarchy, patriarchatea form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line
patriarchy > pronunciation
Soundspey'triyaa.rkiy
Rhymesachy ... yucky: 142 rhymes with kiy...
English > patriarchy: 1 sense > noun 1, group
MeaningA form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line.
Synonympatriarchate
Broadersocial organization, social organisation, social structure, social system, structureThe people in a society considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships
Spanishpatriarcado
Catalanpatriarcat
Adjectivespatriarchalcharacteristic of a form of social organization in which the male is the family head and title is traced through the male line
patriarchic(of societies) being ruled by or having descent traced through the male line

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