matriarchy in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for matriarchy in the English»Bulgarian Dictionary (Go to Bulgarian»English)

Translations for matriarchy in the Bulgarian»English Dictionary (Go to English»Bulgarian)

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The achievement of this goal is symbolised as matriarchy, in which the term is not used in its more usual, social meaning.
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On many occasions this community has been criticized and labeled as a matriarchy; however, the individuals who are interviewed throughout the film tend to say otherwise.
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But for those communities, culture is described by the growth of a matriarchy, as displayed by the many grandmothers raising their daughters' children.
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Matriarchy is also the public formation in which the woman occupies the ruling position in a family.
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In feminist literature, matriarchy and patriarchy are not conceived as simple mirrors of each other.
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Cultural ideas such as patriarchy and matriarchy blur the dichotomy even further.
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However, unlike in a true matriarchy, political power tends to be in the hands of males.
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Thus was evidence of the original matriarchy written out of history almost before it was written in.
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The notion of matriarchy was meant to describe something like a utopia placed in the past in order to legitimate contemporary social criticism.
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It is related to but not synonymous with matriarchy.
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