Tom believes in a patriarchal society.
Source: tatoeba (2668531)
Patriarchal
//ˌpeɪtɹiˈɑɹkl̩//
Synonyms for "patriarchal" (104 found)
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Related words (52)
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1 entriesrelated to
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5 entriesTranslations
41 translations across 26 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- بَطْرِيَرْكِيّ adj (characteristic of a patriarch)
Bulgarian
2 entries- патриархален adj (relating to patriarchy)
- патриаршески adj (characteristic of a patriarch)
Catalan
1 entries- patriarcal adj (relating to patriarchy)
Czech
1 entries- patriarchální adj (relating to patriarchy)
Danish
2 entries- patriakal adj (relating to patriarchy)
- patriarkalsk adj (relating to patriarchy)
Dutch
2 entries- aartsvaderlijk adj (relating to patriarchy)
- patriarchaal adj (relating to patriarchy)
Esperanto
4 entries- patriarka adj (characteristic of a patriarch)
- patriarka adj (relating to patriarchy)
- patriarĥa adj (characteristic of a patriarch)
- patriarĥa adj (relating to patriarchy)
Faroese
1 entries- ættfaðirligur adj (relating to patriarchy)
French
2 entries- patriarcal adj (characteristic of a patriarch)
- patriarcal adj (relating to patriarchy)
Galician
1 entries- patriarcal adj (relating to patriarchy)
German
3 entries- patriarchal adj (relating to patriarchy)
- patriarchalisch adj (relating to patriarchy)
- patriarchisch adj (relating to patriarchy)
Greek
1 entries- πατριαρχικός adj (relating to patriarchy)
Hindi
2 entries- पितृसत्ताक adj (relating to patriarchy)
- पितृसत्तात्मक adj (relating to patriarchy)
Hungarian
1 entries- patriarchális adj (relating to patriarchy)
Indonesian
2 entries- patriarkal adj (relating to patriarchy)
- patriarkis adj (relating to patriarchy)
Italian
1 entries- patriarcale adj (relating to patriarchy)
Manx
1 entries- ard-ayroil adj (relating to patriarchy)
Marathi
1 entries- पुरुषसत्ताक adj (relating to patriarchy)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- patriarkal adj (relating to patriarchy)
- patriarkalsk adj (relating to patriarchy)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- patriarkal adj (relating to patriarchy)
- patriarkalsk adj (relating to patriarchy)
Occitan
1 entries- patriarcal adj (relating to patriarchy)
Portuguese
1 entries- patriarcal adj (relating to patriarchy)
Russian
1 entries- патриарха́льный adj (relating to patriarchy)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- pȁtrijarhālan adj (relating to patriarchy)
- па̏тријарха̄лан adj (relating to patriarchy)
Spanish
1 entries- patriarcal adj (relating to patriarchy)
Swedish
2 entries- patriarkal adj (relating to patriarchy)
- patriarkalisk adj (relating to patriarchy)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
The patriarchal system has always been more prevalent.
Source: tatoeba (4138027)
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.
Source: tatoeba (5697133)
Marriage is a patriarchal institution.
Source: tatoeba (8736650)
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