Matriarchate
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
a form of social organization in which a female is the family head and title is traced through the female line
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- matriarchy
- plural
- Matriarchates
- possessive
- Matriarchate's
- pluralpossessive
- Matriarchates'