Synonyms of the word 
MATRIARCHAL → MATERNAL - MATRIARCHIC - MATRICENTRIC
matriarchal
- adj. Governed by (or as if by) a matriarch.
- adj. Governed by females, rather than by males.
maternal
- adj. Of or pertaining to a mother; having the characteristics of a mother, motherly.
- adj. Related through the mother, or her side of the family.
- adj. (anatomy, medicine) Derived from the mother as opposed to the foetus during pregnancy.
matriarchic
- adj. matriarchal.
matricentric
- adj. (of a family or society) Centering around the mother or mothers.
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