How to pronounce “matriarchy”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• A social system in which the mother is head of household, having authority over men and children, and lineage is traced through the female line.
• A system of government by females (particularly as a kind of polity).
• The dominance of women in social or cultural systems.

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