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Matriarchy is an English word with synonyms like structure. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Matriarchy meaning

  1. A social system in which the mother is head of household, having authority over men and children, and lineage is traced through the female line.
  2. A system of government by females (particularly as a kind of polity).
  3. The dominance of women in social or cultural systems.

Synonyms of Matriarchy

matriarchate social organization social organisation social structure social system structure

Related words

Other words often associated with Matriarchy or its synonyms:

scheme system makeup artefact knowledge composition artifact cognition constitution construction noesis

Using Matriarchy

  • The main meaning on this page is: A social system in which the mother is head of household, having authority over men and children, and lineage is traced through the female line. | A system of government by females (particularly as a kind of polity). | The dominance of women in social or cultural systems.
  • Useful related words include: matriarchate, social organization, social organisation, social structure.
  • In the example corpus, matriarchy often appears in combinations such as: of matriarchy, the matriarchy, matriarchy in.

Context around Matriarchy

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.6 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 4 middle, 6 end
  • Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

fueled 1× based 1×

Often after:

women 1×

Sentence patterns with Matriarchy

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

argument for matriarchy women aren 1× character of matriarchy in the 1× entity the matriarchy of jahanara 1× establishing a matriarchy could just 1× female based matriarchy 1× of a matriarchy or patriarchy 1× substituted with matriarchy 1× tent fueled matriarchy 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

and the spectrum 1× but our work 1× i don t 1× instead of a 1× it seems to 1× males were just 1×

Common sentence endings:

and mother right 1× demon queen lolth 1× female based matriarchy 1× humanity is organized 1× matriarchy in america 1× matriarchy or patriarchy 1×

Words around Matriarchy

Just before it in the word index:

matriarchs 16 matriarchal 27 matriarch 104 matri 4 matres 12 matrero 2

Just after it in the word index:

matric 96 matrice 3 matrices 167 matricide 3 matrics 11 matriculant 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

aanholt 13 aardwolf 13 abati 13 abbeville 13 abcc 13 abcon 13

Corpus analysis for Matriarchy

  • In this selection, "matriarchy" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, fueled, based and women stand out and add context to how "matriarchy" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include argument for matriarchy women aren and character of matriarchy in the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "matriarchy" sits close to words such as aanholt, aardwolf and abati, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with matriarchy

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

White liberals have already lab-tested the matriarchy in America. (10 words)

It seems to me establishing a matriarchy could (just perhaps) be important to how humanity is organized. (17 words)

I don't subscribe to patriarchy, and I don't think it should be substituted with matriarchy. (17 words)

Longer example sentences

Ms. Kennedy-Kline uses the biggest anti-feminism strawman as the basis of her piece, arguing that feminism is all about stripping men of their masculinity and suppressing them in hopes of having some sort of red-tent fueled Matriarchy. (40 words)

Males were just as likely to have positions of authority over both males and females, and the tradition of Matriarchy, where the highest-ranking member was always a female, was not a special directive of the Demon Queen Lolth. (39 words)

But our work more recently has tended to show that in fact there is very little evidence of a mother goddess and very little evidence of some sort of female-based matriarchy. (32 words)

Example sentences (10)

And the spectrum of “Shahbaghis” (Shahbagh activists) would admit that “all the Shahbaghs” belong to one entity: the matriarchy of Jahanara Imam.

White liberals have already lab-tested the matriarchy in America.

Ms. Kennedy-Kline uses the biggest anti-feminism strawman as the basis of her piece, arguing that feminism is all about stripping men of their masculinity and suppressing them in hopes of having some sort of red-tent fueled Matriarchy.

It’s an inherent weakness in our design and a good argument for matriarchy – women aren’t inherently defective.

It seems to me establishing a matriarchy could (just perhaps) be important to how humanity is organized.

But our work more recently has tended to show that in fact there is very little evidence of a mother goddess and very little evidence of some sort of female-based matriarchy.

I don't subscribe to patriarchy, and I don't think it should be substituted with matriarchy.

Instead of a Mother Goddess culture, Hodder points out that the site gives little indication of a matriarchy or patriarchy.

Males were just as likely to have positions of authority over both males and females, and the tradition of Matriarchy, where the highest-ranking member was always a female, was not a special directive of the Demon Queen Lolth.

Mother Right:An investigation of religious and juridical character of matriarchy in the ancient world",Myth, Religion and Mother Right.

Common combinations with matriarchy

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "matriarchy" in a sentence?
An example: "And the spectrum of “Shahbaghis” (Shahbagh activists) would admit that “all the Shahbaghs” belong to one entity: the matriarchy of Jahanara Imam." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "matriarchy" from authentic English texts.
What does "matriarchy" mean?
Matriarchy means: A social system in which the mother is head of household, having authority over men and children, and lineage is traced through the female line.
What are synonyms of "matriarchy"?
Common synonyms of "matriarchy" include: matriarchate, social organization, social organisation, social structure, social system, structure.
How many example sentences with "matriarchy" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "matriarchy", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.