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• a  characteristic of a form of social organization in which the male is the family head and title is traced through the male line
• a  relating to or characteristic of a man who is older or higher in rank

• In the weeks ahead, as the Sandinista conclave approaches, the Faulknerian saga of sex, untrammeled patriarchal power and divided family loyalties is liable to override most of the .
• The problem of succession is a tricky business in the patriarchal Moslem world.
• Such ideas that challenge the Arab world's patriarchal order will naturally meet fierce resistance.

• matriarchal

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• E3 Inspires Woman-Bashing On Twitter
  Misogynist gamers are at it again, attacking Anita Saarkesian for making a simple observation. Perhaps all the excitement at E3 has made their thumbs twitchy. There’s nothing particularly surprising here. Hopped up on adrenaline and “fiero,” they invoke the patriarchal battle-cry. Of course, Saarkesian is the easy scapegoat. She has been for some time, the villain in social media’s version of a ...
  June 11, 2013 - Forbes