"matriarchal" meaning in English

See matriarchal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more matriarchal [comparative], most matriarchal [superlative]
Etymology: From matriarch + -al. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|matriarch|al}} matriarch + -al Head templates: {{en-adj}} matriarchal (comparative more matriarchal, superlative most matriarchal)
  1. Governed by (or as if by) a matriarch. Translations (governed by a matriarch): matriarcal (Catalan), matriarkal (Danish), matriarkalsk (Danish), matriarchaal (Dutch), matriarĥa (Esperanto), matriarka (Esperanto), matriarcal (French), matriarcal (Galician), matriarchal (German), matriarchalisch (German), matriarchisch (German), मातृसत्ता (mātŕsattā) [feminine] (Hindi), matrarcach (Irish), matriarcale (Italian), matriarkal (Norwegian Bokmål), matriarkalsk (Norwegian Bokmål), matriarkal (Norwegian Nynorsk), matriarkalsk (Norwegian Nynorsk), matriarcal (Portuguese), matriarcal (Spanish), matriarkal (Swedish), matriarkalisk (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-matriarchal-en-adj-0g50f2Yo Disambiguation of 'governed by a matriarch': 67 33
  2. Governed by females, rather than by males.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: matriarchial, matriarchic Derived forms: matriarchalism, matriarchally Related terms: mater, matriarch, matriarchate, matriarchy, matrist, matristic, matristically, matristics Coordinate_terms: patriarchal
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