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patriarchy

patriarchy

31 7.0
A system where men have most power in family and public life
  • noun
  • /ˈpeɪtriˌɑrki/
translation icon : patriarcado
  • If our goal is to get rid of patriarchy, then we have to get rid of government patriarchy as well as family patriarchy.
  • women under patriarchy
  • system of patriarchy
  • power of patriarchy

We give our power to the patriarchy that we complain about.

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Examples

  • We give our power to the patriarchy that we complain about.

  • In a society dominated by patriarchy, important decisions are often made by men without women's input.

  • So I think I just feel like it's the way the patriarchy works, right?

  • So we have what we what we see here is patriarchy in action.

  • And the structure of patriarchy has not evolved.

  • What we lived in was a world that was dominated not by patriarchy, but by a need to survive.

  • The exchange of women between fathers and husbands is therefore the force that holds a patriarchy together.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • Seizing the truth of patriarchy and breaking the silence is a feminist issue.

    Academic text (1992)
  • And most religions, world religions have taken over patriarchy and absorbed it from the ambient culture.

  • In a safe haven, where the fraudulent chains of patriarchy don't bind you.

Synonyms

patriarchate
vspatriarchy
8.5

A society where men lead families and family line goes through the father

refers to wider social power where men hold main leadership authority and inheritance control

Antonyms

2 7.3

A society where women lead families and inheritance follows the mother's line

How Patriarchal

patriarchy
31 7.0

Surface Forms

patriarchy singular
patriarchies plural

Morphology

patriarchy = patriarch (transparent) = patriarch + y

The noun denotes the system or condition related to patriarchs and is clearly derived from 'patriarch' with a standard nominalizing suffix.

Etymology

Patriarchy comes from Greek parts patri- 'father' and -archy 'rule', the same -archy in monarchy. So, a patriarchy is a system where fathers or men hold the main power.