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Matriarch vs Matriarchy - What's the difference?

matriarch | matriarchy |

As nouns the difference between matriarch and matriarchy

is that matriarch is a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group while matriarchy is a social system in which the mother is head of household, having authority over men and children.

matriarch

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group.
  • A female founder of a political or religious movement, an organization or an enterprise.

    • Synonyms

    * materfamilias

    Antonyms

    * highfather * paterfamilias * patriarch

    Related terms

    * matron * matrimony, matrimonial * maternal

    matriarchy

    English

    (wikipedia matriarchy)

    Noun

    (matriarchies)
  • A social system in which the mother is head of household, having authority over men and children.
  • A system of government by females (particularly as a kind of polity).
  • The dominance of women in social or cultural systems.

    • Synonyms

    * matriarchate

    See also

    * patriarchy English words suffixed with -archy