Associations to the word «Matriarchal»

Wiktionary

MATRIARCHAL, adjective. Governed by (or as if by) a matriarch
MATRIARCHAL, adjective. Governed by females, rather than by males.

Dictionary definition

MATRIARCHAL, adjective. Characteristic of a matriarchy.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky