MATRIARCHY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A form of social organization in which a female is the family head and title is traced through the female line

Synonyms:

matriarchate; matriarchy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("matriarchy" is a kind of...):

social organisation; social organization; social structure; social system; structure (the people in a society considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships)

Derivation:

matriarchal (characteristic of a matriarchy)