patriarchy
/ˈpeɪ·triˌɑr·ki/ n [C/U] social studiesDefinition
› a form of social organization in which fathers or other males control the family, clan, tribe, or larger social unit, or a society organized in this way › Patriarchy is also the control by men, rather than women or both men and women, of most of the power and authority in a society.
(Definition of patriarchy n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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