Crossword-Solution: PATRIARCHY
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Patriarchy | n. | The jurisdiction of a patriarch; patriarchship. |
| Patriarchy | n. | Government by a patriarch; patriarchism. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| PATRIARCHY | anagram | PARTYCHAIR |
We have 3 clues for the answer “PATRIARCHY”
| Clue | Answers |
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| "___ has no gender": bell hooks | 1 answer |
| Androcentric social system | 1 answer |
| It's reigning men! | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
EETRA
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greedy person
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Sentences with PATRIARCHY (5)
The fact that learned men were in short supply made him even more illustrious, and since a man's voice is of more concern than the life he has led, he was called to the patriarchy of Jerusalem.
One hears, on the one hand, of the staid and gentle patriarchy, the wide and sleepy plantations with lord and retainers, ease and happiness; on the other hand one hears of barbarous cruelty and unbridled power and wide oppression of men.
There was the old patriarchy--the feeling, undefinable to those who have not experienced the same state of life, as if gods walked upon earth; and with this patriarchal, overshadowing, protecting sway, derived from the old, there was blended the modern recognition of the rights and dignity of man--the humblest man--as an individual.
The inspired history introduces him in the following words: "There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job." This region was in Eastern Arabia, and probably near the home of Abram when he was summoned by God to leave his idolatrous friends and neighbors in "Ur of the Chaldees." It is thought he lived not far from the time of the great founder of the Hebrew patriarchy.
Matriarchy is quite natural in marriages of short duration, with change of wives, and in polygamy; while, in monogamous nations, it is _patriarchy_, or denomination after the paternal line, which dominates.
Quotes with PATRIARCHY (3)
The word ‘sin’ is derived from the Indo-European root ‘es-,’ meaning ‘to be.’ When I discovered this etymology, I intuitively understood that for a [person] trapped in patriarchy, which is the religion of the entire planet, ‘to be’ in the fullest sense is ‘to sin'.
In these downbeat times, we need as much hope and courage as we do vision and analysis; we must accent the best of each other even as we point out the vicious effects of our racial divide and pernicious consequences of our maldistribution of wealth and power. We simply cannot enter the twenty-first century at each other's throats, even as we acknowledge the weighty forces of racism, patriarchy, economic inequality, homophobia, and ecological abuse on our necks. We are at a cr…
Patriarchy doesn't get yet that 'hope' is a powerful force that drives creativity. Otherwise words like 'false' and 'hope' would never be forced into this unconscious coupling.... Hope is not false. And never has been... Rather, hope is part of the often forgotten feminine contribution to the creative process.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: New Yorker, NYT, Slate.
Used 3 times in crossword archives (2020–2024).