heteropatriarchy

[ het-er-oh-pey-tree-ahr-kee ]

noun

, plural het·er·o·pa·tri·arch·ies.

1. a hierarchical society or culture dominated by heterosexual males whose characteristic bias is unfavorable to gay people and females in general:

   Clearly, their goal is to establish a new heteropatriarchy.

Other Words From

• het·er·o·pa·tri·ar·chal [het-er-oh-pey-tree-, ahr, -k, uh, l], het·er·o·pa·tri·ar·chic [het-er-oh-pey-tree-, ahr, -kik] het·er·o·pa·tri·ar·chi·cal adjective
• het·er·o·pa·tri·ar·cal·ism noun
• het·er·o·pa·tri·ar·chal·ly het·er·o·pa·tri·ar·chi·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of heteropatriarchy¹

First recorded in 1980–85; hetero- ( def ) + patriarchy ( def )

Example Sentences

As writer Soraya Chemaly told my Salon colleague, Mary Elizabeth Williams, women are "quiet quitting from heteropatriarchy" already.

From Salon

"We don't call it a protest, because it's not the typical protest led by a charismatic leader in the streets. Women are quiet quitting from heteropatriarchy."

From Salon

It’s been a long time since a movie has been this delightfully, unapologetically and hilariously vicious in satirizing the heteropatriarchy of high-school hegemony.

From Los Angeles Times

A self-taught artist based in Pittsburgh, German’s work examines “the historical and ongoing dimensional catastrophes of structural racism, white supremacy, heteropatriarchy, resource extraction, and misogynoir.”

From Seattle Times

There’s the smart update on the material that wants to dig into heteropatriarchy as so threatened by a little light witchcraft.

From Los Angeles Times