PATRIARCHY Definition & Meaning

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patriarchy

[ pey-tree-ahr-kee ]

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noun

plural patriarchies.

a form of social organization in which the father is the supreme authority in the family, clan, or tribe and descent is reckoned in the male line, with the children belonging to the father's clan or tribe.
a society, community, or country based on this social organization.
a social system in which power is held by men, through cultural norms and customs that favor men and withhold opportunity from women:
The corporate glass ceiling is one consequence of patriarchy in education and business.
Often the Patriarchy. the men in power in a society:
The Patriarchy is vested in maintenance of the status quo.

patriarchy

/ ˈ��ɪ�ٰ�ɪˌɑː��ɪ /

noun

a form of social organization in which a male is the head of the family and descent, kinship, and title are traced through the male line
any society governed by such a system

patriarchy

A family or society in which authority is vested in males, through whom descent and inheritance are traced. ( See also matriarchy and primogeniture .)

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Other �y��vlog Forms

��t��·�貹t��·��c�� noun plural antipatriarchies

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of patriarchy¹

First recorded in 1555–65; ultimately from Greek �貹�ٰ��í��, derivation of �貹�ٰ��á��ŧ�� and -í�� noun suffix; patriarch ( def ), -y ³( def )

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A Housewife can throw expert-level shade, but so can Windey, who follows it up by dragging the patriarchy, misogyny and sexism in her popular podcast, “Long Winded.”

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The British Zambian writer-director’s new story, however, is more psychologically concentrated on individual pain and cultural power, specifically the damage that sin and silence wreak in matriarchal societies that internalize patriarchy.

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Thinkers like George Orwell and Hannah Arendt addressed this question decades ago, noting that the erosion of privacy is a hallmark of exploitative systems — such as plantation slavery, totalitarian regimes like Nazi Germany and patriarchy.

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“I thought that it would be interesting to really give that female relationship its full complexity and not just make it sisterhood against a patriarchy, which I thought would be kind of boring,” Suri explains.

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The vast majority of women take one look at this prescription of a life of thankless service to men and patriarchy and take a pass.

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