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Definition of Patriarchy
1. Noun. A form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line.
Generic synonyms: Social Organisation, Social Organization, Social Structure, Social System, Structure
Derivative terms: Patriarchal, Patriarchic
Definition of Patriarchy
1. n. The jurisdiction of a patriarch; patriarchship.
Definition of Patriarchy
1. Noun. A social system in which the father is head of the household, having authority over women and children. ¹
2. Noun. A system of government by males ¹
3. Noun. The dominance of men in social or cultural systems. ¹
4. Noun. (Christianity) The office of a patriarch; a patriarchate. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Patriarchy
1. [n -CHIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Patriarchy
Literary usage of Patriarchy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Christian Examiner (1856)
"patriarchy; or, The Family: its Constitution and Probation. By JOHN HARRIS, DD,
President of New College, London, and Author of " Pre-Adamite Earth," etc., ..."
2. The Social Legislation of the Primitive Semites by Henry Schaeffer (1915)
"CHAPTER II patriarchy On the strength of the material available it will be within
the limits of probability to conjecture that the matriarchal clan was the ..."
3. The Freewill Baptist Quarterly (1856)
"Also, patriarchy ; Or the Family : Its Constitution and Probation. By John Harris.
DD, &c. Boston : Gould & Lincoln, &c. ..."
4. Jack London and Hawaii by Charmian London (1918)
"It is an example of a truly benevolent patriarchy. Following the repletion of
this justly famous matin banquet, which, it scarce need be urged, ..."
5. Self-Organizing Men: Conscious Masculinities in Time and Space by Jay Sennett (2006)
"... o Tool of the patriarchy Jay Sennett My dildo is mighty! tool or the patriarchy
... patriarchy ..."
6. Gender, Land and Livelihoods in East Africa: Through Farmers' Eyes by Ritu Verma (2001)
"patriarchy Cultural discourse cannot be viewed in isolation from gender relations,
... patriarchy is a dominant ideology in Logoli culture and society. ..."
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