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patriarchical

patriarchical is the alternative form of patriarchal.

Meaning of patriarchal

Adjective

patriarchal (comparative more patriarchal, superlative most patriarchal)

  1. Characteristic of a patriarch; venerable.
    • About whose patriarchal knee / Late the little children clung.1852, Alfred Tennyson, Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC
  2. Relating to a system run by males, rather than females; relating to a patriarchy.

Forms of patriarchical

comparativemore patriarchical
superlativemost patriarchical

Words formed from patriarchical

Questions about patriarchical

What is patriarchical the alternative form of?
Patriarchical is the alternative form of patriarchal.

Words near patriarchical in the dictionary

  1. patriarchess
  2. patriarchesses
  3. patriarchial
  4. patriarchialism
  5. patriarchic
  6. patriarchical
  7. patriarchically
  8. patriarchies
  9. patriarchisation
  10. patriarchism
  11. patriarchisms

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