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antipatriarchal

antipatriarchal adjective: opposing the patriarchy.

Adjective

antipatriarchal (comparative more antipatriarchal, superlative most antipatriarchal)

  1. Opposing the patriarchy.
    • […] a new mode of masculine dominance in which men can demonstrate their confidence and power by suggesting that they are “man enough” to ridicule dominant norms of manhood. It is through these contradictions that Dickhouse Productions carries on skateboarding culture’s process of criticizing...2009, Emily Chivers Yochim, Skate Life, page 115

Forms of antipatriarchal

comparativemore antipatriarchal
superlativemost antipatriarchal

Origin of antipatriarchal

From anti- + patriarchal.

Words formed from antipatriarchal

Questions about antipatriarchal

What does antipatriarchal mean?
Antipatriarchal means opposing the patriarchy.
What part of speech is antipatriarchal?
Antipatriarchal is an adjective.

Words near antipatriarchal in the dictionary

  1. antipathogens
  2. antipathological
  3. antipathous
  4. antipathy
  5. antipatico
  6. antipatriarchal
  7. antipatriarchally
  8. antipatriarchical
  9. antipatriarchy
  10. antipatriot
  11. antipatriotic

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