patriarchy

باللغة العربية: نِظَام أَبَوِيّ

1. 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. (countable, uncountable)
2. A power structure in which men are dominant. (countable, uncountable)
3. The office of a patriarch; a patriarchate. (countable, uncountable)

الجمع patriarchies