patriarchal
Adjective
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Characteristic of a form of social organization in which the male is the family head and title is traced through the male line (synset 301742074)
also: paternal - characteristic of a fathersimilar to:
- patriarchic - (of societies) being ruled by or having descent traced through the male line
- patricentric - centered upon the father
- Relating to or characteristic of a man who is older or higher in rank (synset 302770537)
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