PATRIARCHATE as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • a form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line
    Synonym(s) Hypernyms(s) patriarchate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  2. Meaning
    • the jurisdiction of a patriarch
    Hypernyms(s) patriarchate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower