patriarchic

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adjective

Patriarchal.

Scrabble 20

Meanings

adjectivepatriarchic (comparative more patriarchic, superlative most patriarchic)

comparative more patriarchic · superlative most patriarchic

  1. Patriarchal.
    1 more example

    Not the real deal, like the films of the great Senegalese-born auteur Ousmane Sembène, whose 1966 drama “Black Girl” is a classic of postcolonial cinema, and whose 2004 film, “Moolaadé,” manages to tackle the issue of female genital mutilation and critique patriarchic Islam in one entertaining package (really).

    2007 February 4, Manohla Dargis, “Africa, at the Cineplex”, in New York Times

Synonyms & antonyms

adjective(of societies) being ruled by or having descent traced through the male line

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekπατριαρχικός
  2. Englishpatriarchic

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πατριαρχικός (patriarkhikós) via Latin patriarchicus. By surface analysis, patriarch + -ic.

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APA

patriarchic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/patriarchic

MLA

“patriarchic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/patriarchic. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “patriarchic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/patriarchic.

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