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Recent Examples of paterfamilias
Schumer’s actions as paterfamilias of Senate Democrats are often informed by his New York sensibilities.
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Grace Segers, The New Republic, 13 Sep. 2022
There’s also a concern about acting as if your son were a source of shame, a secret to be hidden from the paterfamilias.
—Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2022
This is Putin’s vision of the Russian world, a strong and blessed house with Russia as the paterfamilias, tough and occasionally harsh, but ultimately benevolent, sharing the fruits of Russian civilization with those who belong to its world.
—Tom McTague, The Atlantic, 18 June 2022
Andy Garcia plays the paterfamilias in this 2022 remake of the 1991 remake of the 1950 comedy.
—Tribune News Service, cleveland, 12 June 2022
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Grace Segers, The New Republic, 13 Sep. 2022
There’s also a concern about acting as if your son were a source of shame, a secret to be hidden from the paterfamilias.
—Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2022
This is Putin’s vision of the Russian world, a strong and blessed house with Russia as the paterfamilias, tough and occasionally harsh, but ultimately benevolent, sharing the fruits of Russian civilization with those who belong to its world.
—Tom McTague, The Atlantic, 18 June 2022
Andy Garcia plays the paterfamilias in this 2022 remake of the 1991 remake of the 1950 comedy.
—Tribune News Service, cleveland, 12 June 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for paterfamilias
patriarch
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Luke Bracey will play the Ingalls family patriarch, Charles Ingalls, while Crosby Fitzgerald is set to play the family’s matriarch, Caroline Ingalls.—
Nicole Fell,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Apr. 2026
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Filial duty yanked him right back to Passyunk Avenue, flipping Australian rib-eye alongside a patriarch who rested only on Sunday afternoons.—
Danielle Paquette The Washington Post,
Arkansas Online,
12 Apr. 2026
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“Paterfamilias.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paterfamilias. Accessed 15 Apr. 2026.
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