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Patriarchic vs Patriarchal - What's the difference?

patriarchic | patriarchal |

As adjectives the difference between patriarchic and patriarchal

is that patriarchic is patriarchal while patriarchal is characteristic of a patriarch; venerable.

patriarchic

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Patriarchal.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=February 4, author=Manohla Dargis, title=Africa, at the Cineplex, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=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). }}

    patriarchal

    English

    Alternative forms

    * patriarchial

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Characteristic of a patriarch; venerable.
  • * Tennyson
    • About whose patriarchal knee / Late the little children clung.
  • Relating to a system run by males, rather than females.

    • Related terms

    * patriarch * patriarchy

    Derived terms

    * patriarchal cross * patriarchally * patriarchalism

    See also

    * matriarchal