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matriarchal
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective matriarchal has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
matriarchal, a.
Of or pertaining to a matriarch; governed by a matriarch or matriarchs; as, a matriarchal society. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
matriarchal
absolute, aristocratic, authoritarian, autocratic, autonomous, bureaucratic, civic, civil, constitutional, democratic, despotic, dictatorial, fascist, federal, federalist, federalistic, governmental, gubernatorial, heteronomous, matriarchic, monarchal, monarchial, monarchic, monocratic, official, oligarchal, oligarchic, parliamentarian, parliamentary, patriarchal, patriarchic, pluralistic, political, republican, self-governing, theocratic, totalitarian
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