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Patriarchy

//ˈpejtɹiɑɹki// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A social system in which the father is head of the household, having authority over women and children, and in which lineage is traced through the male line. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    a form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line wordnet
  3. 3
    A power structure in which men are dominant. countable, uncountable

    "England is under the rule of a patriarchy."

  4. 4
    The office of a patriarch; a patriarchate. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From Latin patriarchia, from Byzantine Greek πατριαρχία (patriarkhía), from Koine Greek πατριάρχης (patriárkhēs, “patriarch”), from πατρία (patría) and ἄρχω (árkhō). By surface analysis, patri- + -archy.

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