Patriarchy

['peɪtrɪɑːkɪ] or ['petrɪɑrki]

(noun.) a form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line.

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(n.) The jurisdiction of a patriarch; patriarchship.

(n.) Government by a patriarch; patriarchism.

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