fratriarchy
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A hierarchical or discriminatory fraternity or fraternal interest group.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Nevertheless, the institution of fratriarchy would have no separate status if it were merely a matter of the son's taking the place of the deceased father. Consequently, the parallel with Hebrew fratriarchy is closer still, for in both cases it would appear that the father, while still alive, shared his authority as head of the family with the sons of the family."
- "This last problem received rather less attention than the previous three. a) The nature of family Koschaker perceived the family at Nuzi as a patriarchal one with vestigious remains of fratriarchy."
- "It reflects a system of the fratriarchy; his father Jesse had already retired (see 17:12; also Laban's role in Gen. 24:50). Note that McCarter too quickly emends the text to the plural “my brothers” following LXX and 4QSamb."
- "A recent example of this approach has been outlined by John Remy (1990) with patriarchy and fratriarchy seen as two arms or modes of a unitary system of dominance of rule by men. The relationship of the two modes may be antagonistic but ..."
- "One way of framing homosociality between men is that of fratriarchy, which refers to male power associated with brotherly alliances and groups (Tallberg 2003). Isenberg (2013) defines it as a fusion of patriarchy and fraternity, ..."
- "Hearn,for instance, describes bureaucracies as mixtures of patriarchal and fratriarchal organisations, where men meet in fratriarchies, but relate through patriarchal hierarchies (Hearn 1992). Fratriarchy's 'competitive bonding' is based ..."
Etymology
From, or as if from, Latin fratriarchia, modelled on fratri- (as in fraternal, fratricide) + -archy (as in patriarchy).
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: fratriarchia
Usage
Inflected Forms
fratriarchies (plural)