matriarchy
母权制,母系氏族制,母系制,母系社会
Definitions
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plural ma·tri·ar·chies.
- : a family, society, community, or state governed by women.
- : a 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.
Examples
Mellaart went far beyond Frazer’s and Graves’ claims about goddess worship by suggesting Çatalhöyük was an ancient matriarchy where women ruled over men.
It is a vast conspiracy that is working tirelessly to build a Matriarchy to enslave men.
Descent was matrilinear, and a society known as matriarchy existed, as contrasted to the later patriarchy.
Patriarchy succeeded matriarchy, but whether as a gradual evolution or otherwise is not clear.
The people seem to be in a transition state between Patriarchy and Matriarchy.
It would appear that with the aforementioned rise of matriarchy this state of affairs is changing.
With the development of civilization we find that adaptation tends to take the form of matriarchy, as in the United States.