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"Patriarchy" Definition

noun

A family, community, or society based on this system or governed by men.
A social system in which the father is the head of the family and men have authority over women and children.
Social organization marked by the supremacy of the father in the clan or family, the legal dependence of wives and children, and the reckoning of descent and inheritance in the male line.
Control by men of a disproportionately large share of power.
A society or institution organized according to the principles or practices of patriarchy.

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