Hyphenation of patriarchy

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word patriarchy? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

pa-tri-archy

Definitions of patriarchy:

1.	A form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line

Synonyms of patriarchy:

noun	patriarchate, social organization, social organisation, social structure, social system, structure

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.