Definitions For Patriarchalism

Noun

PATRIARCHALISM. (countable and uncountable, plural PATRIARCHALISMs) The quality of being patriarchal. (historical, politics, philosophy, sometimes uppercase) A political theory which arose in England in the seventeenth century, which emphasized the absolute power of the king as the paternal head of state, viewing his fatherly power as having been inherited genealogically from adam.

Related terms

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Etymology

patriarchal + ism

Is Patriarchalism a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends NO
Scrabble US NO
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary NO

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23
Words with Friends
26

The word Patriarchalism is worth 23 points in Scrabble and 26 points in Words with Friends

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