heteropatriarchy
[ het-er-oh-pey-tree-ahr-kee ]
nounplural het·er·o·pa·tri·arch·ies.
a hierarchical society or culture dominated by heterosexual males whose characteristic bias is unfavorable to gay people and females in general: Clearly, their goal is to establish a new heteropatriarchy.
Origin of heteropatriarchy
1First recorded in 1980–85; hetero- + patriarchy
Other words from heteropatriarchy
- het·er·o·pa·tri·ar·chal [het-er-oh-pey-tree-ahr-kuhl], /ˌhɛt ər oʊˌpeɪ triˈɑr kəl/, het·er·o·pa·tri·ar·chic [het-er-oh-pey-tree-ahr-kik,] /ˌhɛt ər oʊˌpeɪ triˈɑr kɪk,/ het·er·o·pa·tri·ar·chi·cal, adjective
- het·er·o·pa·tri·ar·cal·ism, noun
- het·er·o·pa·tri·ar·chal·ly, het·er·o·pa·tri·ar·chi·cal·ly, adverb
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