patriarchal family

collocation in English

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patriarchal
adjective
uk
/ˌpeɪ.triˈɑː.kəl/us
/ˌpeɪ.triˈɑːr.kəl/
ruled or controlled ...
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family
noun
uk
/ˈfæm.əl.i/us
/ˈfæm.əl.i/
a group of people who are related to each other, such as a mother, a father, and ...
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(Definition ofpatriarchalandfamilyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The basic concepts of family andpatriarchalfamilyare not as simple as they may seem.
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A woman cannot be allowed to breach the rights of thepatriarchalfamily.
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Despite the force of authoritarian institutions frompatriarchalfamilyto empire, the right to volitional choice has often been extended to multiparty political relationships.
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Newman was at war with thepatriarchalfamily, with commercial values, and with everyday honesty in the ordinary sense of the word.
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They promote apatriarchalfamily, in which the woman's role revolves around kitchen, cradle and church.
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It made maternal grandparents equally entitled, eliminating the concept of thepatriarchalfamily.
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In this respect, she flouts the authority of thepatriarchalfamily.
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She says not growing up in a typicalpatriarchalfamilyhad a great impact on her work and writing.
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This emphasis on family is placed within apatriarchalfamilystructure with the male as the superior.
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In a traditionalpatriarchalfamily, the father holds the authority of property, women and children.
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Chants and recitals emphasizing thepatriarchalfamilymodel and traditional male-centric gender roles will be banned from kindergartens and elementary schools.
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The authoritarian state's motive, whether it is conscious of it or not, is to preserve its economic structure through continuance of thepatriarchalfamilyas its primary social unit.
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She later defended the poor and championed women's equality, arguing that women needed to enter the workplace to develop the female personality outside of the "monarcato patriarcale" (patriarchalfamily).
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She expands the discussion by noting the importance of distributional conflict within the family how the capitalist labor market forced a change in the traditionallypatriarchalfamilyrelationships.
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