patriarchal
IPA: peɪtriˈɑrkʌɫ
adjective
- Characteristic of a patriarch; venerable.
- Relating to a system run by males, rather than females; relating to a patriarchy.
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Examples of "patriarchal" in Sentences
- Under the systems which we call patriarchal, the modern distinction between sins and crimes had no existence.
- Under the systems which we call patriarchal, the modern distinctions between sins and crimes had no existence.
- I'm torn between using the term patriarchal conspiracy and thinking of a term that's less likely to get me laughed of the internet
- We couldn't help note both books concern the plight of powerless women living in patriarchal societies — and that they were both written by men.
- Encouragement and support do they derive from James, in maintaining the "peculiar institution" which they call patriarchal, and boast of as the "corner-stone" of the republic?
- Encouragement and support do they derive from James, in maintaining the "peculiar institution" whence they derived their wealth, which they call patriarchal, and boast of as the "corner-stone" of the republic?
- A tale of lust, class, treachery and retribution, Middleton's early 17th-century tragedy (the exact date of composition is disputed) follows the ill-starred loves of three women grappling for autonomy in patriarchal Florence.
- Mr. Cioffi's first essay on Freud, "Freud and the Idea of a Pseudo-Science," attracted little attention when it was published in 1970, partly because it appeared in a philosophy journal and partly because it was overshadowed by another Freud critique that drew a lot of attention that year: Kate Millett's "Sexual Politics," which condemned Freud along with many others for what she called his patriarchal bias against women.
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