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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
matrifocal

1952, a term from sociology, from matri- + focal.

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matrifocal

a. matriarchal

Usage examples of "matrifocal".

When the plow was invented, men took up virtually all of the productive work, the matrifocal modes of production gave way to patrifocal modes, and the reigning deity figures switched from Great Mother to Great Father focus.