Fatherdom
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Fatherdom is a noun meaning The world, sphere, or unity of fathers; fathers collectively.
Meaning
The world, sphere, or unity of fathers; fathers collectively.
More Meanings
- (rare, archaic or dialectal) The state of being a father; fatherhood.
Example Sentences
That the Aeschylean Oresteia turns on the conflict between motherdom and fatherdom is notorious.
Lastly, religion is represented as fostering the cause of women, chiefly through its mysteries assigning a divine character, as it were, to motherdom as compared with fatherdom.
Bachofen, the protagonist of the "mother-right" theory in the last century, observed that "motherdom is related to the idea of the day-bearing night, as fatherdom is to light sprung from the union of the sun with mother night."
Synonyms for fatherdom
Depending on context, synonyms include fatherhood.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include fathership, fatherhood, dadship, dadhood, daddyhood, housefather.
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