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patriarchalism

patriarchalism noun: the quality of being patriarchal.

Noun

patriarchalism (countable and uncountable, plural patriarchalisms)

  1. The quality of being patriarchal.
  2. (historical, sometimes, uppercase) A political theory which arose in England in the seventeenth century, which emphasized the absolute power of the king as the paternal head of state, viewing his fatherly power as having been inherited genealogically from Adam.

Forms of patriarchalism

pluralpatriarchalisms

Origin of patriarchalism

From patriarchal + -ism.

Questions about patriarchalism

What does patriarchalism mean?
Patriarchalism means the quality of being patriarchal.
What part of speech is patriarchalism?
Patriarchalism is a noun.
What is the plural of patriarchalism?
The plural of patriarchalism is patriarchalisms.

Words near patriarchalism in the dictionary

  1. patriarchal
  2. patriarchal church
  3. patriarchal churches
  4. patriarchal cross
  5. patriarchal crosses
  6. patriarchalism
  7. patriarchalisms
  8. patriarchalist
  9. patriarchalistic
  10. patriarchalists
  11. patriarchalization

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