Usually means: System where men hold power.
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  1. patriarchal: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. patriarchal: Merriam-Webster
  3. patriarchal: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. patriarchal: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. patriarchal: Collins English Dictionary
  6. patriarchal: Vocabulary.com
  7. Patriarchal, patriarchal: Wordnik
  8. patriarchal: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. patriarchal: Wiktionary
  10. patriarchal: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. Patriarchal, patriarchal: Dictionary.com
  12. patriarchal: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  13. Patriarchal: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Patriarchal: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. patriarchal: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. patriarchal: Rhymezone
  17. Patriarchal: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. patriarchal: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. patriarchal: FreeDictionary.org
  20. patriarchal: Mnemonic Dictionary
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  1. patriarchal: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology

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▸ adjective:  Characteristic of a patriarch; venerable.
▸ adjective:  Relating to a system run by males, rather than females; relating to a patriarchy.

Similar:
patricentric, patriarchic, patriarchical, patrifocal, fatherly, matriarchal, forefatherly, matriarchic, paterfamiliar, patricentered, more...

Opposite:
matriarchal, egalitarian, matrifocal, feminist, woman-centered

Types:
misogynistic, sexist, chauvinistic, more...

Phrases:
patriarchal society, patriarchal church, Patriarchal cross, patriarchal worldview, patriarchal dispensation, more...

Adjectives:
great, less, most, old, racist, imperial, traditional, non, early, benevolent, quite

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Similar:
patricentric, patriarchic, patriarchical, patrifocal, fatherly, matriarchal, forefatherly, matriarchic, paterfamiliar, patricentered, more...

Opposite:
matriarchal, egalitarian, matrifocal, feminist, woman-centered

Types:
misogynistic, sexist, chauvinistic, more...

Phrases:
patriarchal society, patriarchal church, Patriarchal cross, patriarchal worldview, patriarchal dispensation, Patriarchal bargain, Russian Orthodox Patriarchal Parishes in the USA, Patriarchal age, more...

Adjectives:
great, less, most, old, racist, imperial, traditional, non, early, benevolent, quite

Colors:
    charcoal,     burgundy,     forest green,     maroon,     dark brown, more...



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