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transpatriarchy

transpatriarchy noun: a form of patriarchy supported by a transnational lifestyle.

Noun

transpatriarchy (countable and uncountable, plural transpatriarchies)

  1. A form of patriarchy supported by a transnational lifestyle.
    • What form of transpatriarchy is evolving from the practices of transnational fathers and their partners? Can this type of fatherhood really be called hegemonic?2016, Majella Kilkey, Ewa Palenga-Möllenbeck, Family Life in an Age of Migration and Mobility, page 220

Forms of transpatriarchy

pluraltranspatriarchies

Origin of transpatriarchy

From trans- + patriarchy.

Questions about transpatriarchy

What does transpatriarchy mean?
Transpatriarchy means a form of patriarchy supported by a transnational lifestyle.
What part of speech is transpatriarchy?
Transpatriarchy is a noun.
What is the plural of transpatriarchy?
The plural of transpatriarchy is transpatriarchies.

Words near transpatriarchy in the dictionary

  1. transpathy
  2. transpatient
  3. transpatients
  4. transpatriarchal
  5. transpatriarchies
  6. transpatriarchy
  7. transpeciate
  8. transpeciated
  9. transpeciates
  10. transpeciating
  11. transpeciation

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