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单词 matriarchy
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
ma•tri•ar•chy /ˈmeɪtriˌɑrki/USA pronunciation   n., pl. -chies. 
  1. a family, society, or state governed by women: [countable]a matriarchy deep in the jungle.[uncountable]men's inherent fear of matriarchy.
  • a form of social organization in which the mother is head of the family and women have considerable power and property: [countable]Were matriarchies more stable than patriarchies?[uncountable]the notion of matriarchy in anthropology.
  • See -mater-.
    WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
    ma•tri•ar•chy  (mātrē är′kē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -chies. 
    1. Sociology, Anthropologya family, society, community, or state governed by women.
    2. Sociology, Anthropologya form of social organization in which the mother is head of the family, and in which descent is reckoned in the female line, the children belonging to the mother's clan;
      matriarchal system.
    • matri- + -archy 1880–85

    Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
    matriarchy /ˈmeɪtrɪˌɑːkɪ/ n ( pl -chies)
    1. a form of social organization in which a female is head of the family or society, and descent and kinship are traced through the female line
    2. any society dominated by women
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