Usually means: Authority or influence of mothers.
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  1. matripotestal: Merriam-Webster
  2. matripotestal: Infoplease Dictionary
  3. matripotestal: Dictionary.com
  4. matripotestal: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  5. matripotestal: Wiktionary

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▸ adjective:  (anthropology) In which the female side holds the authority.

Similar:
matriarchal, matristic, matrifocal, female-dominated, matronly, matrician, matrist, distaff, gynecoid, bimaternal, more...

Opposite:
patrilineal, patriarchal, agnatic

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matriarchal, matristic, matrifocal, female-dominated, matronly, matrician, matrist, distaff, gynecoid, bimaternal, more...

Opposite:
patrilineal, patriarchal, agnatic



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