matriarchy
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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.
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Etymology
Coined after patriarchy, from Latin māter (“mother”) and Ancient Greek ἄρχω (árkhō, “to rule”). By surface analysis, matri- + -archy.
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