patriarchal authority
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpatriarchalandauthority
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patriarchal
adjective
uk/ˌpeɪ.triˈɑː.kəl/us/ˌpeɪ.triˈɑːr.kəl/
ruled or controlled ...
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authority
noun
uk/ɔːˈθɒr.ə.ti/us/əˈθɔːr.ə.t̬i/
the moral or legal right or ability ...
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(Definition ofpatriarchalandauthorityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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For widows, thepatriarchalauthorityheld by their husbands seemed, ironically, to become even more pronounced after their husband's deaths.
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He argues that to divide women into those who rejected and those who apparently submitted topatriarchalauthorityis to misunderstand local realities.
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But the generational battle that ensues-however it will be resolved-reveals the potentially dangerous extent to whichpatriarchalauthoritywas being challenged.
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As the husband's "gender anxiety" heightens with the feminine tasks of door keeping,patriarchalauthorityis increasingly asserted in the family.
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With them we turn frompatriarchalauthority, partially and occasionally shared by the senior female in the family, to the authority of j-ti councils.
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Yet elders recognized that social stability rested onpatriarchalauthority, but not on an unrestrained use of that authority.
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These categories may be too narrow to include the complicated mixture and coexistence of bothpatriarchalauthorityand equality.
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This was especially true for working-class men, who generally maintained a traditional attitude topatriarchalauthority.
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His fears, moreover, are not merely personal but culturally representative as the sensation novel reveals threats topatriarchalauthorityand social class hegemony.
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The gentle patriarchy hinges on an affectionate "intercourse between the squire and his son," neither of whom exercises hispatriarchalauthority.
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Helper questioned the ability of non-slaveholding males to control social dependants, exploiting widely accepted notions ofpatriarchalauthorityto advance his arguments.
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Thispatriarchalauthorityeven extended to the factory, as the landowner was often the mill owner, too, and so could exert pressure through the contract on the head of household.
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However, factories and mills undermined the oldpatriarchalauthority.
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The code restoredpatriarchalauthorityin the family, for example, by making women and children subservient to male heads of households.
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In particular, the need to include women on an equal footing produced organizational innovations, which disrupted older patterns ofpatriarchalauthorityand gender exclusivity.
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Some plots depicted young women challenging social conventions and thepatriarchalauthorityof fathers and boyfriends.
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