Patriarchal meaning: Patriarchy

Patriarchy, hypothetical social system in which the father or a male elder has absolute authority over the family group; by extension, one or more men (as in a council) exert absolute authority over the community as a whole. Building on the theories of biological evolution developed by Charles Patriarchy is a social system in which positions of authority are primarily held by men. The term patriarchy is used both in anthropology to describe a family or clan controlled by the father or eldest male or group of males, and in feminist theory to describe a broader social structure in which men as a group dominate society. [1][2][3] Sociologists generally contend that socialization processes are primarily responsible for establishing gender roles, [4] and that gender roles and gender ... Definition of patriarchal adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more. Patriarchal definition: of or relating to a patriarch, the male head of a family, tribe, community, church, order, etc... See examples of PATRIARCHAL used in a sentence.