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masculinity

English

Etymology

From French masculinité, from Old French. Earlier in same sense was masculineness.

Pronunciation

  • (GenAm) IPA(key): /?mæskj??l?n?ti/

Noun

masculinity (usually uncountable, plural masculinities)

  1. The degree or property of being masculine or manly; manliness.

Antonyms

  • feminility
  • feminineness
  • womanlikeness

Derived terms

Related terms

  • male
  • masculine
  • masculinize
  • masculinization

Translations

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patriarchy

English

Etymology

From Latin patriarchia, from Byzantine Greek ?????????? (patriarkhía), from Koine Greek ?????????? (patriárkh?s, patriarch), from ?????? (patría) and ???? (árkh?).

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /?pe?t(?)?i??ki/

Noun

patriarchy (plural patriarchies)

  1. (anthropology, historical) A social system in which the father is head of the household, having authority over women and children, and in which lineage is traced through the male line.
  2. A power structure in which men are dominant.
  3. (Christianity) The office of a patriarch; a patriarchate.

Derived terms

  • heteropatriarchy
  • neopatriarchy

Related terms

  • patriarch
  • patriarchate
  • patriarchal

Translations

See also

  • matriarchy

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