Usually means: System where men hold power.
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General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. patriarchy: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. patriarchy: Merriam-Webster
  3. patriarchy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. patriarchy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. patriarchy: Collins English Dictionary
  6. patriarchy: Vocabulary.com
  7. Patriarchy, patriarchy: Wordnik
  8. patriarchy: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. patriarchy: Wiktionary
  10. patriarchy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. patriarchy: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. patriarchy: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. patriarchy: Dictionary.com
  14. patriarchy: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. patriarchy: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Patriarchy (book), Patriarchy (ideology), Patriarchy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Patriarchy: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. patriarchy: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. patriarchy: Rhymezone
  20. Patriarchy: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. patriarchy: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. patriarchy: FreeDictionary.org
  23. patriarchy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. patriarchy: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. patriarchy: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
  2. patriarchy: Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Nelson Political Science Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. patriarchy: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Sociology (No longer online)
  2. Political (No longer online)

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. patriarchy: Anthropological Terms
  2. FOLDOP - Free On Line Dictionary Of Philosophy (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. patriarchy: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ 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.

Similar:
patriarchate, matriarchy, patrilinealism, patriarch, patriarchess, fratriarchy, matrilinealism, matriarchate, patrilineage, paterfamilias, more...

Opposite:
matriarchy

Types:
misogynistic, sexist, chauvinistic, more...

Phrases:
Biblical patriarchy, Patriarchy in China, Tree of patriarchy, The Inevitability of Patriarchy, opposite of patriarchy, more...

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capitalist, white, public, traditional, private, western, modern, male, domestic, oppressive, black

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Similar:
patriarchate, matriarchy, patrilinealism, patriarch, patriarchess, fratriarchy, matrilinealism, matriarchate, patrilineage, paterfamilias, more...

Opposite:
matriarchy

Types:
misogynistic, sexist, chauvinistic, more...

Phrases:
Biblical patriarchy, Patriarchy in China, Tree of patriarchy, The Inevitability of Patriarchy, opposite of patriarchy, the patriarchy, someone who favours patriarchy, more...

Adjectives:
capitalist, white, public, traditional, private, western, modern, male, domestic, oppressive, black

Colors:
    gray,     navy blue,     black,     dark green,     burgundy, more...



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