"matriarchy" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: matriarchies [plural]
Etymology: Coined after patriarchy, from Latin māter (“mother”) and Ancient Greek ἄρχω (árkhō, “I rule”). By surface analysis, matri- + -archy. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|māter|t=mother}} Latin māter (“mother”), {{der|en|grc|ἄρχω|t=I rule}} Ancient Greek ἄρχω (árkhō, “I rule”), {{surf|en|matri-|-archy}} By surface analysis, matri- + -archy Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} matriarchy (countable and uncountable, plural matriarchies)
  1. A social system in which the mother is head of household, having authority over men and children, and lineage is traced through the female line. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (social system): الأمومية (al-umumiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), matriarcat [masculine] (Catalan), 母權制 /母权制 (mǔquánzhì) (Chinese Mandarin), 母權 /母权 (mǔquán) (Chinese Mandarin), matriarchát [masculine] (Czech), matriarĥeco (Esperanto), matriarkeco (Esperanto), matriarkia (Finnish), naisvalta (Finnish), matriarcat [masculine] (French), matriarcado [masculine] (Galician), Matriarchat [masculine, neuter] (German), μητριαρχία (mitriarchía) [feminine] (Greek), मातृसत्ता (mātŕsattā) [feminine] (Hindi), matriarchátus (Hungarian), matriarcato [masculine] (Italian), 家母長制 (kabochōsei) (alt: かぼちょうせい) (Japanese), 母権制 (bokensei) (alt: ぼけんせい) (Japanese), 母権 (boken) (alt: ぼけん) (Japanese), матриархат (matriarxat) (Kazakh), 모권제 (mogwonje) (Korean), 모권 (mogwon) (Korean), энебийлик (enebiylik) (Kyrgyz), matriarchat [masculine] (Polish), matriarcado [masculine] (Portuguese), matriarhat [neuter] (Romanian), матриарха́т (matriarxát) [masculine] (Russian), matriarcado [masculine] (Spanish), matriarkat (Swedish), มาตาธิปไตย (maa-dtaa-tí-bpà-dtai) (Thai)
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  2. A system of government by females (particularly as a kind of polity). Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (system of government): matriarchát [masculine] (Czech), matriarĥeco (Esperanto), matriarkeco (Esperanto), matriarkia (Finnish), naisvalta (Finnish), matriarcado [masculine] (Galician), μητριαρχία (mitriarchía) [feminine] (Greek), मातृसत्ता (mātŕsattā) [feminine] (Hindi), матриархат (matriarxat) (Kazakh), энебийлик (enebiylik) (Kyrgyz), matriarchat [masculine] (Polish), matriarcado [masculine] (Portuguese), matriarhat [neuter] (Romanian), матриарха́т (matriarxát) [masculine] (Russian), matriarcado [masculine] (Spanish), มาตาธิปไตย (maa-dtaa-tí-bpà-dtai) (Thai), матріарха́т (matriarxát) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
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  3. The dominance of women in social or cultural systems. Tags: countable, uncountable
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: matriarchate Related terms: matriarchal, patriarchy

Inflected forms

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          "text": "The difficulty is that when a man thinks of matriarchy, he thinks of a patriarchy with women in the place of men; he does not stop to consider that matriarchy may be a complete mirror-image. Where patriarchy establishes law, matriarchy establishes custom; where patriarchy establishes military power, matriarchy establishes religious authority; where patriarchy encourages the aresteia of the individual warrior, matriarchy encourages the tradition-bound cohesion of the collective. When, therefore, one envisions a matriarchy, one should not conjure up visions of a gang of Amazons lopping off breasts and testicles to rule by force of arms.",
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