Usually means: System where men hold power.
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  5. Patriarchical: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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▸ adjective:  Alternative form of patriarchal [Characteristic of a patriarch; venerable.]

Similar:
antipatriarchical, hierarchial, monarchial, heterarchic, heptarchical, patrilinear, polyarchical, lordly, familistical, patriclinous, more...

Opposite:
matriarchal, egalitarian, gender-equal

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Similar:
antipatriarchical, hierarchial, monarchial, heterarchic, heptarchical, patrilinear, polyarchical, lordly, familistical, patriclinous, more...

Opposite:
matriarchal, egalitarian, gender-equal



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