patriarchy

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Etymology

From Latin patriarchia, from Byzantine Greek πατριαρχία (patriarkhía), from Koine Greek πατριάρχης (patriárkhēs, “patriarch”), from πατρία (patría) and ἄρχω (árkhō). By surface analysis, patri- +‎ -archy.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpejt͡ʃɹiɑɹki/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpeɪ̯tɹɪɑːkɪ/, /ˈpætɹɪɑːkɪ/
• (Standard Southern British) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛjtɹɪjɑːkɪj/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

patriarchy (countable and uncountable, plural patriarchies)

1. (anthropology, history) A social system in which the father is head of the household, having authority over women and children, and in which lineage is traced through the male line.
2. A power structure in which men are dominant.
   • 1929, Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own:

     England is under the rule of a patriarchy.

3. (Christianity) The office of a patriarch; a patriarchate.

Derived terms

• cisheteropatriarchy
• heteropatriarchy
• neopatriarchy

Related terms

• patriarch
• patriarchate
• patriarchal

Translations

social system

Arabic: أَبَوِيَّة f (ʔabawiyya) Azerbaijani: patriarxat Bengali: পিতৃতন্ত্র (pitritontro) Catalan: patriarcat (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 父權制 / 父权制 (zh) (fùquánzhì), 父權 / 父权 (zh) (fùquán) Czech: patriarchát m Esperanto: patriarĥeco, patriarkeco Finnish: patriarkia French: patriarcat (fr) m Galician: patriarcado m German: Patriarchat (de) m or n Hindi: पितृसत्ता m (pitŕsattā) Hungarian: patriarchizmus Italian: patriarcato (it) m Japanese: 家父長制 (かふちょうせい, kafuchōsei), 父権制 (ふけんせい, fukensei), 父権 (ja) (ふけん, fuken) Korean: 부권제 (bugwonje), 부권 (ko) (bugwon), 가부장제 (ko) (gabujangje) Kyrgyz: атабийлик (atabiylik) Marathi: पितृसत्ता (mr) m (pitrusattā) Polish: patriarchat (pl) m Portuguese: patriarcado (pt) m, patriarquia (pt) f Romanian: patriarhat (ro) n Russian: патриарха́т (ru) m (patriarxát) Spanish: patriarcado (es) m Swedish: patriarki n, patriarkat (sv) n Tamil: ஆணாதிக்கம் (ta) (āṇātikkam) Telugu: పితృస్వామ్యము (pitr̥svāmyamu) Thai: ปิตาธิปไตย (th) (bpì-dtaa-tí-bpà-dtai) Turkish: ataerkil (tr) Urdu: پِدَر شاہی f (pidar śāhī), پِدَر سالاری f (pidar sālārī)

power structure

Azerbaijani: patriarxat Bengali: পিতৃতন্ত্র (pitritontro) Catalan: patriarcat (ca) m Esperanto: patriarĥeco, patriarkeco Finnish: patriarkia Galician: patriarcado m Hindi: पितृसत्ता m (pitŕsattā) Hungarian: patriarchizmus, patriarchátus (hu) Khmer: បិតាធិបតេយ្យ (bei da thib pak tai) Kyrgyz: атабийлик (atabiylik) Marathi: पितृसत्ता (mr) m (pitrusattā) Polish: patriarchat (pl) m Portuguese: patriarcado (pt) m Romanian: patriarhat (ro) n Russian: патриарха́т (ru) m (patriarxát) Spanish: patriarcado (es) m Swedish: patriarki n, patriarkat (sv) c Tamil: ஆணாதிக்கம் (ta) (āṇātikkam) Thai: ปิตาธิปไตย (th) (bpì-dtaa-tí-bpà-dtai) Turkish: ataerkillik Urdu: پِدَر شاہی f (pidar śāhī), پِدَر سالاری f (pidar sālārī)

dominance of men in social or cultural systems

Azerbaijani: patriarxat Bengali: পিতৃতন্ত্র (pitritontro) Catalan: patriarcat (ca) m Esperanto: patriarĥeco, patriarkeco Finnish: patriarkia, miesvalta, miesvaltaisuus (fi) Galician: patriarcado m Hindi: पितृसत्ता (pitŕsattā) Hungarian: patriarchizmus Italian: patriarcato (it) m Kyrgyz: атабийлик (atabiylik) Marathi: पितृसत्ता (mr) m (pitrusattā) Polish: patriarchat (pl) m Portuguese: patriarcado (pt) m Romanian: patriarhat (ro) n Russian: патриарха́т (ru) m (patriarxát) Spanish: patriarcado (es) m Swedish: patriarki n, patriarkat (sv) n Tamil: ஆணாதிக்கம் (ta) (āṇātikkam) Thai: ปิตาธิปไตย (th) (bpì-dtaa-tí-bpà-dtai) Turkish: ataerkil (tr) Urdu: پِدَر شاہی f (pidar śāhī), پِدَر سالاری f (pidar sālārī)

office of the patriarch — see patriarchate

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Translations to be checked

Dutch: (please verify) patriarchaat (nl) n Mandarin: Mandarin: (please verify) 父系社會 / 父系社会, (please verify) 父系社会 (fùxìshèhuì)

See also

• matriarchy