matriarchal
English
Alternative forms
- matriarchial
Etymology
matriarch + -al
Adjective
matriarchal (comparative more matriarchal, superlative most matriarchal)
- Governed by (or as if by) a matriarch
- Governed by females, rather than by males.
Derived terms
- matriarchalism
Translations
governed by a matriarch
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