patriarchy

English

Etymology

From Latin patriarchia, from Byzantine Greek πατριαρχία (patriarkhía), from Koine Greek πατριάρχης (patriárkhēs, “patriarch”), from πατρία (patría) and ἄρχω (árkhō).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpejt͡ʃɹiɑɹki/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpeɪ̯tɹɪɑːkɪ/, /ˈpætɹɪɑːkɪ/
• (Standard Southern British) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛjtɹɪjɑːkɪj/

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Noun

patriarchy (countable and uncountable, plural patriarchies)

1. (anthropology, history) A social system in which the father is head of the household, having authority over women and children, and in which lineage is traced through the male line.
2. A power structure in which men are dominant.
   • 1929, Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own:

     England is under the rule of a patriarchy.

3. (Christianity) The office of a patriarch; a patriarchate.

Derived terms

• cisheteropatriarchy
• heteropatriarchy
• neopatriarchy

Related terms

• patriarch
• patriarchate
• patriarchal

Translations

social system

• Arabic: أَبَوِيَّة f (ʔabawiyya)
• Azerbaijani: patriarxat
• Bengali: পিতৃতন্ত্র (pitritontro)
• Catalan: patriarcat (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 父權制／父权制 (zh) (fùquánzhì), 父權／父权 (zh) (fùquán)

• Czech: patriarchát m
• Esperanto: patriarĥeco, patriarkeco
• Finnish: patriarkia
• French: patriarcat (fr) m
• Galician: patriarcado m
• German: Patriarchat (de) m or n
• Hindi: पितृसत्ता m (pitŕsattā)
• Hungarian: patriarchizmus
• Italian: patriarcato (it) m
• Japanese: 家父長制 (かふちょうせい, kafuchōsei), 父権制 (ふけんせい, fukensei), 父権 (ja) (ふけん, fuken)
• Korean: 부권제 (bugwonje), 부권 (ko) (bugwon), 가부장제 (ko) (gabujangje)
• Kyrgyz: атабийлик (atabiylik)
• Marathi: पितृसत्ता (mr) m (pitŕsattā)
• Polish: patriarchat (pl) m
• Portuguese: patriarcado (pt) m, patriarquia f
• Russian: патриарха́т (ru) m (patriarxát)
• Spanish: patriarcado (es) m
• Swedish: patriarki n, patriarkat (sv) n
• Tamil: ஆணாதிக்கம் (ta) (āṇātikkam)
• Telugu: పితృస్వామ్యము (pitr̥svāmyamu)
• Thai: ปิตาธิปไตย (th) (bpì-dtaa-tí-bpà-dtai)
• Turkish: ataerkil (tr)
• Urdu: پدر شاہی, پدر سالاری

power structure

• Azerbaijani: patriarxat
• Bengali: পিতৃতন্ত্র (pitritontro)
• Catalan: patriarcat (ca) m
• Esperanto: patriarĥeco, patriarkeco
• Finnish: patriarkia
• Galician: patriarcado m
• Hindi: पितृसत्ता m (pitŕsattā)
• Hungarian: patriarchizmus, patriarchátus (hu)
• Khmer: បិតាធិបតេយ្យ (bei da thib pak tai)
• Kyrgyz: атабийлик (atabiylik)
• Marathi: पितृसत्ता (mr) m (pitŕsattā)
• Polish: patriarchat (pl) m
• Portuguese: patriarcado (pt) m
• Russian: патриарха́т (ru) m (patriarxát)
• Spanish: patriarcado (es) m
• Swedish: patriarki n, patriarkat (sv) c
• Tamil: ஆணாதிக்கம் (ta) (āṇātikkam)
• Thai: ปิตาธิปไตย (th) (bpì-dtaa-tí-bpà-dtai)
• Turkish: ataerkillik
• Urdu: پدر شاہی, پدر سالاری

dominance of men in social or cultural systems

• Azerbaijani: patriarxat
• Bengali: পিতৃতন্ত্র (pitritontro)
• Catalan: patriarcat (ca) m
• Esperanto: patriarĥeco, patriarkeco
• Finnish: patriarkia, miesvalta, miesvaltaisuus (fi)
• Galician: patriarcado m
• Hindi: पितृसत्ता (pitŕsattā)
• Hungarian: patriarchizmus
• Italian: patriarcato (it) m
• Kyrgyz: атабийлик (atabiylik)
• Marathi: पितृसत्ता (mr) m (pitŕsattā)
• Polish: patriarchat (pl) m
• Portuguese: patriarcado (pt) m
• Russian: патриарха́т (ru) m (patriarxát)
• Spanish: patriarcado (es) m
• Swedish: patriarki n, patriarkat (sv) n
• Tamil: ஆணாதிக்கம் (ta) (āṇātikkam)
• Thai: ปิตาธิปไตย (th) (bpì-dtaa-tí-bpà-dtai)
• Turkish : ataerkil (tr)

office of the patriarch — see patriarchate

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Translations to be checked

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} patriarchaat (nl) n
• Mandarin:

  Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 父系社會／父系社会, ^{(please verify)} 父系社会 (fùxìshèhuì)

See also

• matriarchy