| 词汇 | matriarchy |
| 释义 | matriarchy noun[ C or U ] uk /ˈmeɪ.tri.ɑː.ki/ us /ˈmeɪ.tri.ɑːr.ki/ a type of society in which women have most of the authority and power, or a society in which property belongs to women and is given to children by women rather than men由女性统治的社会，母权制社会，母系社会 Compare patriarchy Systems of government absolutism advanced capitalism ancien régime anti-apartheid anti-communism democrat democratic democratically democratization democratize junta kakistocracy kleptocracy kleptocratic majority rule plutocratic police state post-apartheid pre-fascist pure democracy matriarchy | American Dictionarymatriarchy noun[ C ] us/ˈmeɪ·triˌɑr·ki/ social studies a society in which women have most of the authority and power, or a society in which property belongs to women rather than men Examples of matriarchymatriarchy In the nineteenth century, anthropologists were fascinated by matrilineal descent, which they confounded with matriarchy as a supposedly earlier stage of social evolution than patriarchy. Patriarchy gave way to the disorder of matriarchy. They came close to uncovering matriarchy. One finds in many primitive countries that a matriarchy gives one a much more stable community. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The notion of matriarchy was meant to describe something like a utopia placed in the past in order to legitimate contemporary social criticism. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. While "matriarchy" sometimes means the political rule of women, that meaning is often rejected, on the ground that matriarchy is not a mirroring of patriarchy. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. However, unlike a matriarchy, the political power tends to be in the hands of males. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Matriarchy is rare in the animal kingdom as a whole but common among lemurs. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. She has also defined "matriarchy" as characterized by the sharing of power equally between the two genders. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Some advocates complained that the rule had the effect of breaking up marriages and promoting matriarchy (see also single-parent family). From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Segments of society were characterized by matriarchy and matrilineal succession -- which survived well into the 19th century -- cross-cousin marriage, and strong regional identity. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. There is some debate concerning the terminological delineation between "matrifocality" and "matriarchy". From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Yet, it is expressed throughout the film by the women that they do not consider their society to be a matriarchy. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The first planet he visits has been completely destroyed, the second is a gerontocratic travesty of a democracy, and the third is a repressive matriarchy. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Thus was evidence of the original matriarchy written out of history almost before it was written in. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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