Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In the manner of a patriarch; in accordance with patriarchalism.

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  • adverb In a patriarchal manner.

Etymologies

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patriarchal +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • Paul assumed that homosexuality was a choice, Paul assumed that there would be an active and a passive partner in a homosexual relationship, Paul assumed that homosexual activity would result in the extinction of humanity, and Paul viewed sex patriarchally.

    Think Progress » ACLU will sue high school that canceled prom to stop lesbians from attending. 2010

  • Since the joke is about a patriarchally-constructed stereotype of a certain kind of woman, then yeah, the joke is anti-woman.

    MORE VINTAGE ADS (SEXIST ONES THIS TIME) » Sociological Images 2008

  • Corporate America is still patriarchally structured.

    Think Progress » ThinkFast AM: June 2, 2006 2006

  • For although I cannot sing odes to a patriarchally imagined deity, as it says in the Torah Deuteronomy 4:16: ‘Do not act corruptly by making an idol for yourselves, in the form of any figure †the likeness of male or female’, the tradition of my parents is carved in my heart in immutable letters.”

    The Atheist Siddur | Jewschool 2007

  • So men who want to become better profeminists have to recognize that we have a real patriarchally-constructed identity, and then replace it with an equally real “new creation” — or better, “new construction” — along feminist lines.

    The Real You vs A New Creation 2006

  • Or to rid yourself of your patriarchally tinted glasses.

    DNA Evidence Doesn’t Link Lacrosse Players To Crime 2006

  • You heard about feminists and their arguments, and maybe they sounded "shrill" or "churlish" or "bitchy" to your patriarchally-attuned ears.

    "I'm not that!" delagar 2006

  • I said above that there are some circumstances where I think FF is more complicated; but on the whole I agree with the obvious conclusion that it is usually just men buying into the patriarchally approved subordinate position of women.

    Bondage and Patriarchy 2006

  • You heard about feminists and their arguments, and maybe they sounded "shrill" or "churlish" or "bitchy" to your patriarchally-attuned ears.

    Archive 2006-03-01 delagar 2006

  • As long as these firms consisted of small, family-owned, patriarchally run units, and the price competition was fierce, their activities remained relatively uninteresting.

    The Prize in Economics 1978 - Presentation Speech 1992

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