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- adverb   In a patriarchic or patriarchical way.
Etymologies
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patriarchical + -ly
			
		
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Examples
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								And a strong media is the backbone of any patriarchically controlled oligopoly . . . NYT > Home Page Screenplay by ETAN COHEN 2011 
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								To consider the culture-feelings, reality, ritual, values-of another, to ask rather than to demand, to share rather than to steal, to think collectively, rather than hierarchically or patriarchically. feminist blogs 2008 
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