patriarchy

Noun

Meaning

The jurisdiction of a patriarch; patriarchship.

Government by a patriarch; patriarchism.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

patriarchate heterarchy patriarchship

Antonyms

matriarchate matriarchy female empowerment dominance of women female government female power

Hypernyms

structure social organisation social structure social organization social system

Related terms

patriarchate patriarch patriarchal

Examples

The crisis facing men is not the crisis of masculinity, it is the crisis of patriarchal masculinity. Until we make this distinction clear, men will continue to fear that any critique of patriarchy represents a threat. Bell hooks

What feminism calls patriarchy is simply civilization, an abstract system designed by men but augmented and now co-owned by women. Camille Paglia

Well, the tyranny of masculinity and the tyranny of patriarchy I think has been much more deadly to men than it has to women. It hasn't killed our hearts. It's killed men's hearts. It's silenced them, it's cut them off. Eve Ensler

Patriarchy is like the elephant in the room that we don't talk about, but how could it not affect the planet radically when it's the superstructure of human society? Ani DiFranco

The power of patriarchy has been to make maleness feared and to make men feel that it is better to be feared that to be loved. Whether they can confess this or not, men know that just is not true. Bell hooks

Patriarchy has no gender. Bell hooks

Close letter words and terms

patriarchization patriarchize patriarchship patriate patriation Patrice