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   pa·tri·arch·y

   /ˈpātrēˌärkē/

   noun

   • 1. a system of society or government in which the father or eldest male is head of the family and descent is traced through the male line: "the thematic relationships of the ballad are worked out according to the conventional archetypes of the patriarchy"
   • ▪ a system of society or government in which men hold the power and women are largely excluded from it: "the dominant ideology of patriarchy"
   • ▪ a society or community organized on patriarchal lines: "we live in a patriarchy"

   Word Origin mid 16th century: via medieval Latin from Greek patriarkhia, from patriarkhēs ‘ruling father’ (see patriarch).

   Derivatives

   • 1. patriarchism noun

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