Synonyms for patriarchy
ˈpeɪ triˌɑr kipa·tri·archy

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1. patriarchy, patriarchatenoun

   a form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line

   Synonyms:
   patriarchate

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1. List of paraphrases for "patriarchy":

   patriarchate, patriarch, paternalistic

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1. Khoabane Theko:

   Patriarchy is entrenched in the fabric of our society, to the extent that women themselves see it as a normal way of life and continue to enforce it.

2. Van Pelt:

   This is exactly what the boys always depend on -- that we'll be divided and tearing each other down, and when we're divided instead of fighting the patriarchy, we lose ground.

3. Sandhya Pillai:

   We can not say that literacy has not contributed to women's empowerment -- lots of progress has been made for women's rights in different social avenues, at the same time, we have this deep seated patriarchy that we are not able to overcome irrespective of the high rates of literacy.

4. Steve Bannon:

   It’s a Cromwell moment! It’s even more powerful than populism. It’s deeper. It’s primal. It’s elemental. The long black dresses and all that—this is the Puritans! It’s anti-patriarchy.

5. Eli Coleman:

   Pleasure is threatening, it challenges those who are in power. As long as the society keeps women as second-class citizens, then men are in control. So denying [women] reproductive health, contraception, safe abortions, and certainly altering their body -- taking away the sexual pleasure aspects of one's anatomy -- keeps them suppressed and patriarchy in power.