matriarchate

• Forma de organização social em que a mulher é a chefe da família e a descendência é traçada pela linha materna; também se refere ao sistema de parentesco baseado nessa linha.

A noun referring to a form of social organization in which a female is the family head and lineage is traced through the female line.

1. Social system led by womenC1formal

   A form of social organization where women, especially mothers, hold primary authority and leadership roles, and lineage is traced through the female line.

   Sistema social liderado por mulheres

   • The anthropologist studied the matriarchate of the indigenous tribe.
   • In a matriarchate, property and titles are passed from mother to daughter.
   • The matriarchate system contrasts with patriarchal societies.

   Sinônimosgynecocracymatriarchy

   Antônimospatriarchate