patriarchy
/ˈpeɪ̯tɹɪɑːkɪ/US/ˈpejtɹiɑɹki/
patriarchy noun: a social system in which the father is head of the household, having authority over women and children, and in which lineage is traced through the male line.
Noun
patriarchy (countable and uncountable, plural patriarchies)
- A social system in which the father is head of the household, having authority over women and children, and in which lineage is traced through the male line.
- A power structure in which men are dominant.
- England is under the rule of a patriarchy.1929, Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own
- The office of a patriarch; a patriarchate.
patriarchy meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
patriarchy in Hindi
- social system
- पितृसत्ता pitŕsattā
- power structure
- पितृसत्ता pitŕsattā
- dominance of men in social or cultural systems
- पितृसत्ता pitŕsattā
patriarchy in Tamil
- social system
- ஆணாதிக்கம் āṇātikkam
- power structure
- ஆணாதிக்கம் āṇātikkam
- dominance of men in social or cultural systems
- ஆணாதிக்கம் āṇātikkam
patriarchy in Marathi
- social system
- पितृसत्ता pitŕsattā
- power structure
- पितृसत्ता pitŕsattā
- dominance of men in social or cultural systems
- पितृसत्ता pitŕsattā
patriarchy in Urdu
- social system
- پِدَر شاہی pidar śāhī, پِدَر سالاری pidar sālārī
- power structure
- پِدَر شاہی pidar śāhī, پِدَر سالاری pidar sālārī
- dominance of men in social or cultural systems
- پِدَر شاہی pidar śāhī, پِدَر سالاری pidar sālārī
More languagesFewer languages
- patriarchy in Bengali
- পিতৃতন্ত্র pitritontro
- patriarchy in Telugu
- పితృస్వామ్యము pitr̥svāmyamu
- patriarchy in Malayalam
- പിതൃസത്താധിപത്യം
- patriarchy in Kannada
- ಪುರುಷ ಪ್ರಾಧಾನ್ಯ, ತಂದೆಯಾಳಿಕೆ, ಪಿತೃಸತ್ತೆ, ಪಿತೃಪ್ರಭುತ್ವ
- patriarchy in Gujarati
- પિતૃસત્તાકતા
- patriarchy in Nepali
- पितृसत्ता, पितृसत्ताकता, पितृसत्तावाद
- patriarchy in Arabic
- نِظَام أَبَوِيّ niẓām ʔabawiyy
- patriarchy in Thai
- ปิตาธิปไตย bpì-dtaa-tí-bpà-dtai
Examples of patriarchy in a sentence
- While there is much room for reassessing the specifics, the basic fact that the Bible teaches some form of patriarchy cannot be interpreted away.
- Femicide and transvesticide show, in the most brutal way, the power relations of the current patriarchy.
- Trotskyite students chanting against the patriarchy; anarchists; grizzled veterans of '68; plenty of pensioners; theatre-workers.
Forms of patriarchy
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Origin of patriarchy
From Latin patriarchia, from Byzantine Greek πατριαρχία (patriarkhía), from Koine Greek πατριάρχης (patriárkhēs, “patriarch”), from πατρία (patría) and ἄρχω (árkhō). By surface analysis, patri- + -archy.
Words formed from patriarchy
Questions about patriarchy
- What does patriarchy mean?
- Patriarchy means a social system in which the father is head of the household, having authority over women and children, and in which lineage is traced through the male line.
- What is patriarchy in Hindi?
- Patriarchy in Hindi is पितृसत्ता (pitŕsattā). See Patriarchy meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is patriarchy?
- Patriarchy is a noun.
- How do you pronounce patriarchy?
- Patriarchy is pronounced /ˈpejtɹiɑɹki/ (US).
- What is the plural of patriarchy?
- The plural of patriarchy is patriarchies.
Words near patriarchy in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: patriarchy (page history and authors); patriarchy (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); patriarchy (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); patriarchy (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); patriarchy (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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