Anti-patriarchal
of or relating to a , the male head of a family, tribe, community, church, order, etc.:
my father’s conservative, patriarchal ways.
characteristic of an entity, family, church, etc., controlled by men:
the highly patriarchal Mormon church.
adj.
mid-15c., “pertaining to a (Church) patriarch,” from patriarch + -al, or else from Late Latin patriarchalis, from patriarcha.
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