patriarchy
IPA: pˈeɪtriɑrki
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.
- A power structure in which men are dominant.
- (Christianity) The office of a patriarch; a patriarchate.
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Examples of "patriarchy" in Sentences
- He supports the patriarchy view.
- Could we do a lineage of the Patriarchy
- Patriarchy is just one of the hierarchies.
- The feminine form of patriarchy is matriarchy.
- Anthropology establishes the universality of patriarchy.
- Critics accused the group of advocating a return to patriarchy.
- The fact of the matter is that patriarchy is not unique to Islam.
- Putting the case for patriarchy there would swamp the minority view.
- Relevance is that the edit dated challenges to patriarchy to the 60s.
- The Gurler family, under the patriarchy of George, moved into the home in 1893.
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