A social system in which the mother or oldest woman is the head of the family, and descent and relationships are reckoned through the female line.
matri+archy
Shared component: matri · mother
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matri
mother
Related forms: matri · 11 words in this dictionary
Related words
Shared components, not spelling prefixesa woman who is the head of a family or tribe.
matri+arch
Shared component: matri · mother
the crime of killing one's own mother.
matri+cide
Shared component: matri · mother
the state of being married; marriage.
matri+mony
Shared component: matri · mother
Of or relating to a custom in which a married couple lives with or near the wife's family or community.
matri+local
Shared component: matri · mother
Relating to or characteristic of a matriarch or matriarchy; ruled or controlled by women or mothers.
matri+arch+al
Shared component: matri · mother
Relating to or based on kinship with the mother or the female line.
matri+lineal
Shared component: matri · mother
Relating to marriage or married people.
matri+moni+al
Shared component: matri · mother
Relating to or connected with the mother's side of a family.
matri+lateral
Shared component: matri · mother
descent or ancestry traced through the maternal line.
matri+lineage
Shared component: matri · mother
matriculationExtended relation
The formal process of being admitted to a university or college.
matri+cul+ation
Extended relation: matri · mother