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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary ma·tri·ar·chy (plural -chies) DATE 1885 1. a family, group, or state governed by a matriarch 2. a system of social organization in which descent and inheritance are traced through the female line English Etymology matriarchy formed in English 1885 from matriarch. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 matriarchy ma·tri·archy / 5meitriB:ki; NAmE -B:rki / noun(pl. -ies) a social system that gives power and authority to women rather than men 母权制；母系社会 ⇨ compare patriarchy Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged ma·tri·archy \ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌärkē, -ȧk-, -ki\ noun (-es) 1. : matriarchate 1, 22. : a system of social organization in which descent is traced solely or primarily through the female line and in which inheritance of property and social prerogatives is sometimes also established in the same way |
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