Tom and Maria decided to join the Mosuo tribe in China, still living in the matriarchy.
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Matriarchy
//ˈmeɪ.tɹiˌɑː.ki//
Synonyms for "matriarchy" (5 found)
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Noun(1 words)
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Noun(2 words)
Related words (2)
Noun(1 words)
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50 translations across 27 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- الأمومية noun (social system)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- anaxaqanlıq noun (social system)
- matriarxat noun (social system)
Bulgarian
1 entries- матриарха́т noun (social system)
Catalan
1 entries- matriarcat noun (social system)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 母權 /母权 noun (social system)
- 母權制 /母权制 noun (social system)
Czech
2 entries- matriarchát noun (social system)
- matriarchát noun (system of government)
Esperanto
4 entries- matriarkeco noun (social system)
- matriarkeco noun (system of government)
- matriarĥeco noun (social system)
- matriarĥeco noun (system of government)
Finnish
4 entries- matriarkia noun (social system)
- matriarkia noun (system of government)
- naisvalta noun (social system)
- naisvalta noun (system of government)
French
1 entries- matriarcat noun (social system)
Galician
2 entries- matriarcado noun (social system)
- matriarcado noun (system of government)
German
1 entries- Matriarchat noun (social system)
Greek
2 entries- μητριαρχία noun (social system)
- μητριαρχία noun (system of government)
Hindi
2 entries- मातृसत्ता noun (social system)
- मातृसत्ता noun (system of government)
Hungarian
1 entries- matriarchátus noun (social system)
Italian
1 entries- matriarcato noun (social system)
Japanese
3 entries- 家母長制 noun (social system)
- 母権 noun (social system)
- 母権制 noun (social system)
Kazakh
2 entries- матриархат noun (social system)
- матриархат noun (system of government)
Korean
2 entries- 모권 noun (social system)
- 모권제 noun (social system)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- энебийлик noun (social system)
- энебийлик noun (system of government)
Polish
2 entries- matriarchat noun (social system)
- matriarchat noun (system of government)
Portuguese
2 entries- matriarcado noun (social system)
- matriarcado noun (system of government)
Romanian
2 entries- matriarhat noun (social system)
- matriarhat noun (system of government)
Russian
2 entries- матриарха́т noun (social system)
- матриарха́т noun (system of government)
Spanish
2 entries- matriarcado noun (social system)
- matriarcado noun (system of government)
Swedish
1 entries- matriarkat noun (social system)
Thai
2 entries- มาตาธิปไตย noun (social system)
- มาตาธิปไตย noun (system of government)
Ukrainian
1 entries- матріарха́т noun (system of government)
Sample sentences
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The difficulty is that when a man thinks of matriarchy, he thinks of a patriarchy with women in the place of men; he does not stop to consider that matriarchy may be a complete mirror-image. Where patriarchy establishes law, matriarchy establishes custom; where patriarchy establishes military power, matriarchy establishes religious authority; where patriarchy encourages the aresteia of the individual warrior, matriarchy encourages the tradition-bound cohesion of the collective. When, therefore, one envisions a matriarchy, one should not conjure up visions of a gang of Amazons lopping off breasts and testicles to rule by force of arms.
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