matriarchy

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Noun

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ma=tri=ar=chy

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun matriarchy has 1 sense

matriarchy(n = noun.group) matriarchate - a form of social organization in which a female is the family head and title is traced through the female line; Array

is a kind of social organisation, social organization, social structure, social system, structure

Derived form adjective matriarchal₁

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

matriarchy, n. (pl. -ies) a form of social organization in which the mother is the head of the family and descent is reckoned through the female line.

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