matriarchal

adj

Etymology

From matriarch + -al.

  1. derived from *h₂ergʰ-
  2. derived from -άρχης
  3. derived from māter
  4. derived from matriarche
  5. suffixed as matriarchal — “matriarch + al

Definitions

  1. Governed by (or as if by) a matriarch.

  2. Governed by females, rather than by males.

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