patriarchic

1. 1.

   (of societies) being ruled by or having descent traced through the male line

   Similarpatriarchal

Questions about patriarchic

What does patriarchic mean?

patriarchic means "(of societies) being ruled by or having descent traced through the male line".

How many syllables are in patriarchic?

patriarchic has 4 syllables and divides as pa-tri-ar-chic under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is patriarchic a common word?

patriarchic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.