matriarchy
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ma·tri·ar·chy /ˈmeɪtriɑːki $ -ɑːr-/ noun (plural matriarchies) [countable, uncountable] 1. SSWa social system in which the oldest woman controls a family and its possessions 母权制，母系制 → patriarchy2. SSWa society in which women hold all the power 女权制社会；母系社会 → patriarchy
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matriarchy• He found no evidence that a matriarchy had ever existed or is in any way emerging today.• In particular he scrutinized every report of an alleged matriarchy, where women were said to hold political power.• But Fromm interprets it as a conflict between matriarchy and patriarchy.• The idea apparently stems from that old belief in matriarchy as the only alternative to patriarchy.• This is the matriarchy telling its own story.• It has been fashionable in the last twenty years to suggest that there was in ancient history a utopian matriarchy.ma·tri·ar·chy nounChineseSyllable
a woman which a system controls the social family in oldest Corpus
matriarchy
ma‧tri‧ar‧chy /ˈmeɪtriɑːki $ -ɑːr-/
noun (plural matriarchies) [uncountable and countable]
1. a social system in which the oldest woman controls a family and its possessions ⇨ patriarchy
2. a society in which women hold all the power ⇨ patriarchy
ma‧tri‧ar‧chy /ˈmeɪtriɑːki $ -ɑːr-/
noun (plural matriarchies) [uncountable and countable]1. a social system in which the oldest woman controls a family and its possessions ⇨ patriarchy
2. a society in which women hold all the power ⇨ patriarchy