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patriarchal
adjective
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pa‧tri‧arch‧al
1
SSO
PGO
ruled or controlled only by men
:
a
patriarchal society
2
SSO
PGO
relating to being a patriarch, or typical of a patriarch
[↪
matriarchal
]
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