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matriarchy

social system with female rule
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matriarchy
Adam Clark Vroman, 1901 · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

matriarchy ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,767 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: social system[2], social structure[3]
  • Commons category: Matriarchy[4]
  • Opposite of: anarcha-feminism[5], patriarchy[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Matriarchy[7]
  • Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[8], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[9], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[10]
  • Different from: patriarchy[11], gynocracy[12], Matriarch[13], matrilineality[14]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[15]

Why It Matters

matriarchy has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] matriarchy is known by 71 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 10w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → matriarchy
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: matriarchy, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289942863|matriarchy (#289942863)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #m"
  2. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0285309-matriarchat
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0285309-matriarchat, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → patriarchy, gynocracy, Matriarch +1
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → social system, social structure
    Local thumb → —
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ Yso id, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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