| 单词 | matriarchy |
| 释义 | matriarchy (once / 35177 pages) n If you ever heard "Just wait until your mother gets home!" when you did something wrong as a child, you may have grown up in a matriarchy. In a matriarchy, women call the shots. The word matriarchy, pronounced "MAY-tree-ar-kee," derives from the Latin word mater, meaning “mother,” and archein, or "to rule." A matriarchy is a social system is which women have more power in the community than men. Matriarchy can also be used more broadly to describe a family that is ruled by a powerful woman. The opposite of matriarchy is patriarchy, a system in which men are the ones holding the power. WORD FAMILYmatriarchy: matriarchal, matriarchies USAGE EXAMPLESWhen I asked why, he told me that, unless we evolve into a matriarchy, we’re all doomed. The New Yorker(Oct 25, 2016) Coss, the butcher, flags that we should be aspiring to be ending patriarchy and marching towards equality, not creating a new world order of matriarchy. The Guardian(Sep 05, 2016) Even when you’re trying to found a matriarchy, in other words, you still need a little John Wayne. New York Times(Jun 08, 2015) n a form of social organization in which a female is the family head and title is traced through the female line Syn|Hyper matriarchate 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 |
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