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patriarchy

patriarchy

n.

1. a society in which descent and inheritance is patrilineal, that is, traced through the male only. See unilateral descent. See also descent group.

2. more loosely, a family, group, or society in which men are dominant. Compare matriarchy. —patriarchal adj.

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