Tom believes in a patriarchal society.
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Patriarchal
/ˌpeɪtɹiˈɑɹkl̩/
Synonyms for "patriarchal" (114 found)
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Closest matches (23)
aboriginalabsoluteadvancedadvanced in lifeadvanced in yearsagedalong in yearsancestorialancestralancientantepatriarchalaristocraticatavisticauthoritarianautochthonousautocraticautonomousbureaucraticciviccivil
Adjective(2 words)
androcentricandrocentric bias
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (34)
constitutionaldemocraticdespoticdictatorialecclesiasticalelderlyfascistfatherlikefatherlyfederalfederalistfederalisticgovernmentalgrandfatherlygrandmotherlygrandparentalgraygray with agegray-hairedgray-headed
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Adjective(4 words)
male biasmale dominatedmale headedmale led
Related words (57)
Adjective(3 words)
monarchalmonarchialmonarchicmonarchicalmonocraticmothermotherlikemotherlyofficialoldold as methuselaholigarchaloligarchicparentparentalparliamentarianparliamentarypaternalpatriarchicpluralistic
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politicalpreadamitepreglacialprehistoricprehumanprimeprimevalprimitiveprimogenialprimoprimitiveprimordialpristineprotohistoricprotohumanrepublicanreveredreverendreverentialself-governingsenectuoustheocratictotalitarianvenerablewhitewhite with agewhite-beardedwhite-crownedwhite-hairedwrinkledwrinklyyears old
Adjective(2 words)
Noun(1 words)
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More general
6 entriesMore specific
9 entriesfamily headshipmale headshippatriarchal authoritypatriarchal discoursepatriarchal familypatriarchal headshippatriarchal languagepatriarchal pedagogypatriarchal rule
Collocations
6 entriespatriarchal authoritypatriarchal culturepatriarchal familypatriarchal normspatriarchal societypatriarchal structure
Inflections
2 entriesmore patriarchalmost patriarchal
Derivations
6 entriesAntonyms
1 entriessimilar
3 entriesSample sentences
9 total sentences available.
The patriarchal system has always been more prevalent.
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Sadly, women do not seem to have much value in other counties; this often seems to be due to patriarchal and sexist laws being applied upon populations, therefore perpetuating the patriarchal ideal that women are not equivalent to men.
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Marriage is a patriarchal institution.
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