Usually means: Society led primarily by women.
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▸ noun:  The quality of being matriarchal.

Similar:
patriarchalism, maternality, matricentricity, matronliness, motheriness, motherliness, maternalness, momliness, motherness, patricentricity, more...

Opposite:
patriarchy, paternalism, masculinism

Types:
matrilineal, matrilocal, matrifocal, matrism, matricentric, matristic, more...

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Similar:
patriarchalism, maternality, matricentricity, matronliness, motheriness, motherliness, maternalness, momliness, motherness, patricentricity, more...

Opposite:
patriarchy, paternalism, masculinism

Types:
matrilineal, matrilocal, matrifocal, matrism, matricentric, matristic, more...



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