Patriarchal vs. Egalitarian — What's the Difference?

Of, relating to, or characteristic of a patriarch.

Affirming, promoting, or characterized by belief in equal political, economic, social, and civil rights for all people.

Of or relating to a patriarchy

Characterized by social equality and equal rights for all people.

Ruled by a patriarch

A person who accepts or promotes social equality and equal rights for all people.

Characteristic of a patriarch; venerable.

A person who believes in the equality of all people

Relating to a system run by males, rather than females; relating to a patriarchy.

Favoring social equality;

Of or pertaining to a patriarch or to patriarchs; possessed by, or subject to, patriarchs; as, patriarchal authority or jurisdiction; a patriarchal see; a patriarchal church.

Characteristic of a patriarch; venerable.

Having an organization of society and government in which the head of the family exercises authority over all its generations.

Characteristic of a patriarchy