1
2
as in patriarchal
Related Words
Dissimilar Words
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of matriarchal
This campy, reality-shifting comedy series questions what would happen if a flaming misogynist woke up in a world that was completely matriarchal and subjugated men based on their gender.
—
Madeleine Janz, PEOPLE, 30 Apr. 2026
In exploring the blues, Marks is less interested in 21st-century iterations of the tradition than in delving into the music’s matriarchal roots.
—Andrew Gilbert, Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2026
Wheeler said the Guild is very excited for an upcoming collaboration with the Rancho Santa Fe Historical Society and its spring Row House Tour, visiting the homes designed by the Ranch’s matriarchal architect Lilian Rice.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2026
But while Alice checks into a hotel in the city, Lilia returns to the family home, under the matriarchal rule of her grandmother Néfissa (Salma Baccar).
—Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 13 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for matriarchal
Madeleine Janz, PEOPLE, 30 Apr. 2026
In exploring the blues, Marks is less interested in 21st-century iterations of the tradition than in delving into the music’s matriarchal roots.
—Andrew Gilbert, Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2026
Wheeler said the Guild is very excited for an upcoming collaboration with the Rancho Santa Fe Historical Society and its spring Row House Tour, visiting the homes designed by the Ranch’s matriarchal architect Lilian Rice.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2026
But while Alice checks into a hotel in the city, Lilia returns to the family home, under the matriarchal rule of her grandmother Néfissa (Salma Baccar).
—Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 13 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for matriarchal
Recent Examples of Synonyms for matriarchal
Adjective
-
Last month, a Santa Monica man, also unaffiliated with the university, was charged with kidnapping a female UCLA student in March to try to rape her.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2026
-
The male and female Islanders are split up for a week, with half being sent to a whole other villa as new contestants are brought in, aiming to couple up the Islanders.—
Carolyn Burt,
Oc Register,
29 May 2026
Adjective
-
His telling of the story is the result of his refusal, as a man, of his patriarchal inheritance.—
Nina Mesfin,
New Yorker,
7 June 2026
-
Unlike contemporaries such as Nirvana, a punk band that wanted to shred the patriarchal rock hegemony of the ’80s, and Pearl Jam, which functioned as an exorcism for the soul night in and night out, Corgan never hid his rock star ambitions.—
David Harris,
SPIN,
2 June 2026
Adjective
-
Sybil, who spent her younger years beleaguered by the presence of her double, that emblem of feminine conformity named Désirée, never manages to perceive herself as anything but abnormal by comparison.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2026
-
But when Cox was bullied by her peers for acting too feminine, her teachers and mother blamed the abuse on her.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
9 June 2026
Adjective
-
Take Prada’s Spring-Summer 2023 show, where sheer, matronly nightdresses and housecoats were shown with heeled Mary Janes and tightly gripped clutch bags.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN Money,
29 July 2025
-
After years of matronly tankinis, there are now some great plus-size swim pieces available on the market, including this scarlet snake-print one-piece from Nomads Swimwear.—
Sarah Chiwaya,
Refinery29,
6 Apr. 2025
Adjective
-
Severe weather caused the death of an elderly man when a tree fell on him Saturday night in a New York City park.—
Noelle Lilley,
CBS News,
7 June 2026
-
Picard approached an elderly couple who rented the place as an escape from the summer heat of the French capital and asked if the 552nd could use the land.—
Kevin Maurer,
The Atlantic,
6 June 2026
Adjective
-
With its elegant, womanly heel curving into a narrow point and its sensible perforated top designed to resemble a man's oxford dress shoe, the oxford pump is the shoe of a woman who stands between two worlds.—
Danielle Parker,
CBS News,
2 June 2026
-
Marant launched her label and had her first show in 1994, quickly becoming a byword for a hip, womanly brand of boho chic.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
26 May 2026
Adjective
-
As with the child, so with the geriatric adult.—
Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
31 May 2026
-
Wars are mostly fought by young people, but today, and increasingly, geriatric machines participate in the wild blue yonder.—
George F. Will,
Washington Post,
20 May 2026
Adjective
-
Hong Min, a senior research fellow at the Korea Institute for National Unification in Seoul, told CNN the new facility reveals a maturation and scaling of North Korea’s nuclear program.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
4 June 2026
-
Montana’s senior senator and one of its two members of Congress are not running for reelection this year, attracting crowded fields of both Republicans and Democrats seeking to replace them.—
Washington Post staff,
Washington Post,
3 June 2026
Cite this Entry
“Matriarchal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/matriarchal. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
