† metrocracyn.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek μητρ- , μήτηρ , -ocracy comb. form.

Etymology: < ancient Greek μητρ-, μήτηρ (see mother n.¹) + -ocracy comb. form. N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (mitrǫ·krăsi) /miːˈtrɒkrəsɪ/.

Obsolete. rare.

= matriarchy n.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > rule or government of family or tribe > [noun] > matriarchy or matriarchalism

mother-right1881

matriarchalism1884

matriarchate1884

matriarchy1885

metrocracy1888

1888 F. M. Müller Biogr. of Words p. xvii Agriologists are quite convinced that all humanity must begin with metrocracy, communal marriage, omophagy, and cannibalism.

1891 E. Westermarck Hist. Human Marriage (1894) 98 North America which is acknowledged..to have been one of the chief centres of ‘mother-right’, or metrocracy.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	metrocracy
释义	† metrocracyn. Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek μητρ- , μήτηρ , -ocracy comb. form. Etymology: < ancient Greek μητρ-, μήτηρ (see mother n.¹) + -ocracy comb. form. N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (mitrǫ·krăsi) /miːˈtrɒkrəsɪ/. Obsolete. rare. = matriarchy n. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > rule or government of family or tribe > [noun] > matriarchy or matriarchalism mother-right1881 matriarchalism1884 matriarchate1884 matriarchy1885 metrocracy1888 1888 F. M. Müller Biogr. of Words p. xvii Agriologists are quite convinced that all humanity must begin with metrocracy, communal marriage, omophagy, and cannibalism. 1891 E. Westermarck Hist. Human Marriage (1894) 98 North America which is acknowledged..to have been one of the chief centres of ‘mother-right’, or metrocracy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1888
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