antipatriarchal

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Etymology

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From anti- +‎ patriarchal.

Adjective

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antipatriarchal (comparative more antipatriarchal, superlative most antipatriarchal)

  1. (sociology) Opposing the patriarchy.
    • 2009, Emily Chivers Yochim, Skate Life, page 115:
      [] a new mode of masculine dominance in which men can demonstrate their confidence and power by suggesting that they are “man enough” to ridicule dominant norms of manhood. It is through these contradictions that Dickhouse Productions carries on skateboarding culture’s process of criticizing masculinity without being antipatriarchal.

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