Definitions from Wiktionary (patriarchy)
▸ noun: (anthropology, history) A social system in which the father is head of the household, having authority over women and children, and in which lineage is traced through the male line.
▸ noun: A power structure in which men are dominant.
▸ noun: (Christianity) The office of a patriarch; a patriarchate.
Biblical patriarchy,
Patriarchy in China,
Tree of patriarchy,
The Inevitability of Patriarchy,
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▸ noun: (anthropology, history) A social system in which the father is head of the household, having authority over women and children, and in which lineage is traced through the male line.
▸ noun: A power structure in which men are dominant.
▸ noun: (Christianity) The office of a patriarch; a patriarchate.
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patriarchate,
matriarchy,
patrilinealism,
patriarch,
patriarchess,
fratriarchy,
matrilinealism,
matriarchate,
patrilineage,
paterfamilias,
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