MATRIARCHATE
Dictionary entry overview: What does matriarchate mean? • MATRIARCHATE (noun)
The noun MATRIARCHATE has 1 sense:
1. a form of social organization in which a female is the family head and title is traced through the female line
Familiarity information: MATRIARCHATE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• MATRIARCHATE (noun)
Meaning:
A form of social organization in which a female is the family head and title is traced through the female line
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
matriarchate; matriarchy
Hypernyms ("matriarchate" is a kind of...):
social organisation; social organization; social structure; social system; structure (the people in a society considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships)
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