单词 | matriarchal |
释义 | matriarchal (meɪtriɑːʳkəl ) 1. adjective A matriarchal society, family, or system is one in which the rulers are female and power or property is passed from mother to daughter. ...the 3,000 years of the matriarchal Sumerian society. 2. graded adjective A matriarchal family or group is one in which women are more powerful or important than men. He was raised in a matriarchal family and was always closer to his mother than his father. 3. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] If you describe a woman as matriarchal, you mean that she has authority and power within her family or group. ...the matriarchal figure of his grandmother. |
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