patriarchy

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patriarchy

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): (file)

Noun

patriarchy (countable and uncountable, plural patriarchies)

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

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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 (pitŕsattā)
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 (pitŕsattā)
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 (pitŕsattā)
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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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)