WordNet: matriarchate, matriarchy

a form of social organization in which a female is the family head and title is traced through the female line

• hypernym social organisation, social organization, social structure, social system, structure

matriarchate

• (suomi) äidinvalta (synonyymi)

matriarchy

• (englanti) matriarchal (derivationally related)
• (suomi) matriarkaatti (synonyymi)