MATRIARCHATE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a form of social organization in which a female is the family head and title is traced through the female line
   Synonym(s)
   • matriarchy (what does matriarchy mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) matriarchate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • social organization (what does social organization mean?)
   • social organisation (what does social organisation mean?)
   • social structure (what does social structure mean?)
   • social system (what does social system mean?)
   • structure (what does structure mean?)