Home › Words › M › matriarchalismmatriarchalismmatriarchalism means the quality of being matriarchal.EtymologyFrom matriarchal + -ism.nounThe quality of being matriarchal.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.matriarchist 81% match — Pertaining to matriarchy. vs matriarchalism →matriarchism 81% match — Synonym of matriarchy. vs matriarchalism →patriarchalism 80% match — The quality of being patriarchal. vs matriarchalism →matriarchial 80% match — Characteristic of or pertaining to a matriarchy. vs matriarchalism →matriarchic 77% match — matriarchal vs matriarchalism →matriarchally 74% match — In a matriarchal way. vs matriarchalism →matriarchically 73% match — matriarchally vs matriarchalism →matrilinealism 72% match — The matrilineal system. vs matriarchalism →