patriarchy
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin patriarchia, from Byzantine Greek πατριαρχία (patriarkhía), from Koine Greek πατριάρχης (patriárkhēs, “patriarch”), from πατρία (patría) and ἄρχω (árkhō).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpeɪt͡ʃɹiɑɹki/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpeɪtɹiɑːki/, /ˈpætɹiɑːki/
Audio (Berkshire) (file)
Noun[edit]
patriarchy (plural patriarchies)
- (anthropology, history) A social system in which the father is head of the household, having authority over women and children, and in which lineage is traced through the male line.
- A power structure in which men are dominant.
- 1929, Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own:
- England is under the rule of a patriarchy.
- (Christianity) The office of a patriarch; a patriarchate.
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
social system
|
power structure
|
dominance of men in social or cultural systems
|
office of the patriarch — see patriarchate
- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.
Translations to be checked
See also[edit]
Categories:
- English terms derived from Latin
- English terms derived from Byzantine Greek
- English terms derived from Koine Greek
- English 4-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Anthropology
- en:History
- English terms with quotations
- en:Christianity
- English terms suffixed with -archy
- en:Collectives