patriarchy.
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.
Meaning & usage
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.
The office of a patriarch; a patriarchate.
Where this word comes from
From Latin patriarchia, from Byzantine Greek πατριαρχία (patriarkhía), from Koine Greek πατριάρχης (patriárkhēs, “patriarch”), from πατρία (patría) and ἄρχω (árkhō). By surface analysis, patri- + -archy.
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