patriarchalism
patriarchalism · patriarchalisms
The quality of being patriarchalThe quality of being patriarchal.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)The quality of being patriarchal.
(countable, historical, sometimes, uncountable, uppercase)A political theory which arose in England in the seventeenth century, which emphasized the absolute power of the king as the paternal head of state, viewing his fatherly power as having been inherited genealogically from Adam.
Origin
From patriarchal + -ism.From patriarchal + -ism.
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Forms
plural: patriarchalisms| Singular | patriarchalism |
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Word family
1 related wordsRelatedpatriarchism
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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