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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary pa·tri·ar·chy \\-ˌär-kē\\ noun (plural -chies) DATE 1632 1. 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; broadly :control by men of a disproportionately large share of power 2. a society or institution organized according to the principles or practices of patriarchy English Etymology patriarchy 1560s, in ecclesiastical sense, from Gk. patriarchia, from patriarches (see patriarch). Meaning "system of society or government by fathers or elder males of the community" first recorded 1630s. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 patriarchy patri·archy / 5peitriB:ki; NAmE -B:rki / noun[C, U] (pl. -ies) a society, system or country that is ruled or controlled by men 男性统治的社会(或制度、国家)；男权政治；父权制 ⇨ compare matriarchy Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged pa·tri·archy I. \ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌärkē, -ˌȧk-, -ki\ noun (-es) Etymology: Late Greek patriarchia, from Greek patriarchēs patriarch + -ia -y 1. obsolete : patriarchate 12. a. : social organization marked by the supremacy of the father in the clan or family in both domestic and religious functions, the legal dependence of wife or wives and children, and the reckoning of descent and inheritance in the male line b. : a society so organized — compare matriarchy II. noun : a social system or society in which men have more power and control than women ; also : men viewed collectively as the dominant force in a society |
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