Definitions for patriarchal

patriarchal pa·tri·ar·chal

Spelling: [pey-tree-ahr-kuh l]
IPA: /ˌpeɪ triˈɑr kəl/

Patriarchal is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 18 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 466 anagrams from letters in patriarchal (aaachilprrt).

Definitions for patriarchal

adjective

  1. of or relating to a patriarch, the male head of a family, tribe, community, church, order, etc.:
  2. characteristic of an entity, family, church, etc., controlled by men:

Examples for patriarchal

And yes, that authoritarian, patriarchal guru-power structure, invariably, always leads to abuses.

In a patriarchal society—our society—a naked woman is a dangerous thing.

It was the portrait of an old man with a beautiful forehead and a patriarchal face.

It is a part of the patriarchal custom which regards women as property.

Existing marriage is a pernicious survival of the patriarchal age.

I had never before and have never since seen such a patriarchal figure.

It seems that, in doing away with patriarchal authority, we have also, perhaps unwittingly, killed off all the grown-ups.

Because marriage is a patriarchal, sexist institution that should be discarded rather than reformed.

She, too, seems determined to make me the patriarchal leader of a band.

Never mind that the patriarchal belief system woven throughout the cartoon content is itself shockingly outdated.

Word Value for patriarchal
Scrable

18

Words with friends

20

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