matriarchate
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ma·tri·ar·chate
(mā′trē-är′kĭt, -kāt′)n.
See matriarchy.
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matriarchate
(ˈmeɪtrɪˌɑːkɪt; -keɪt)n
(Anthropology & Ethnology) rare a family or people under female domination or government
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ma•tri•ar•chy
(ˈmeɪ triˌɑr ki)n., pl. -chies.
1. a family, society, or state governed by women.
2. a form of social organization in which the mother is head of the family and descent is reckoned in the female line.
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matriarchate
1. a matriarchal form of government.
2. a family, tribe, or other social group ruled by a matriarch or matriarchs. — matriarchic, adj.
See also: Women2. a family, tribe, or other social group ruled by a matriarch or matriarchs. — matriarchic, adj.
1. a matriarchal form of government.
2. a family, tribe, or other social group ruled by a matriarch or matriarchs. — matriarchic, adj.
See also: Society2. a family, tribe, or other social group ruled by a matriarch or matriarchs. — matriarchic, adj.
1. a matriarchal form of government.
2. a family, tribe, or other social group ruled by a matriarch or matriarchs. — matriarchic, adj.
See also: Government2. a family, tribe, or other social group ruled by a matriarch or matriarchs. — matriarchic, adj.
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Noun | 1. | matriarchate - a form of social organization in which a female is the family head and title is traced through the female line social organisation, social organization, social structure, social system, structure - the people in a society considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships; "the social organization of England and America is very different"; "sociologists have studied the changing structure of the family" |
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