Definitions for matriarchy
ˈmeɪ triˌɑr kima·tri·archy

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. matriarchy, matriarchatenoun

   a form of social organization in which a female is the family head and title is traced through the female line

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. matriarchynoun

   A social system in which the mother is head of household, having authority over men and children.

2. matriarchynoun

   A system of government by females.

3. Etymology: Coined after patriarchy, from μήτηρ (mother) and ἄρχω (I rule)

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1. Matriarchy

   Matriarchy is a social system in which women hold the primary power positions in roles of authority. In a broader sense it can also extend to moral authority, social privilege and control of property. While those definitions apply in general English, definitions specific to anthropology and feminism differ in some respects. Matriarchies may also be confused with matrilineal, matrilocal, and matrifocal societies. While there are those who may consider any non-patriarchal system to be matriarchal, most academics exclude those systems from matriarchies as strictly defined.

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1. matriarchy

   Matriarchy is a social system or form of government in which power is held by women or mothers and where descent or inheritance is traced through the female line. In such a society, women usually hold the primary positions of authority, leadership and control. It's often considered as the opposite of patriarchy, where men hold the power and dominance over societal roles.

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1. Matriarchy

   Matriarchy is a society in which females, especially mothers, have the central roles of political leadership, moral authority, and control of property. It is also sometimes called a gynarchy, a gynocracy, a gynecocracy, or a gynocentric society. The term for males is patriarchy, but, in feminist theory, it is not exactly a parallel term. Most anthropologists hold that there are no known societies that are unambiguously matriarchal, but possible exceptions include the Iroquois, in whose society mothers exercise central moral and political roles. Another possible exception is Padaungs. According to Heide Goettner-Abendroth, this reluctance to accept the existence of matriarchies might be based on a specific, culturally biased notion of how to define matriarchy: because in a patriarchy 'men rule over women', a matriarchy has frequently been conceptualized as 'women ruling over men'. Goettner-Abendroth believed that matriarchies are egalitarian. There are also matrilinear, matrilocal, and avunculocal societies, especially among indigenous peoples of the Americas, Asia, and Africa, such as those of the Minangkabau, E De, Mosuo, Berbers and Tuareg and, in Europe, e.g., traditionally among Sardinian people.

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1. Matriarchy

   mā′tri-är-ki, n. government by a mother or by mothers, esp. a primitive order of society existing in many Indian tribes, in which the mother takes precedence of the father in tracing line of descent and in inheritance: descent in the female line.—ns. Mā′triarch, a woman in whom matriarchy rests: a patriarch's wife.—adj. Matriar′chal.—ns. Matriar′chalism, the character of possessing matriarchal customs; Matriar′chate, the position of a matriarch. [Gr. mētēr, mother, archos, a ruler.]

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   Karen

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of matriarchy in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of matriarchy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=matriarchy
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Matriarchy
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matriarchy
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=matriarchy
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=matriarchy