a system of society or government in which the father or eldest male is head of the family and descent is reckoned through the male line
父系社会制度。
a system of society or government in which men hold the power and women are largely excluded from it
男性统治制度。
[count noun]a society or community organized in this way
父系社会;男性统治社会。
"mid 17th cent.: via medieval Latin from Greek