egalitarian authority

Definition of Egalitarian Authority

(noun) A family or group dynamic where parents or members share power and authority equally.

Example of Egalitarian Authority

• A family in which the mother and father make decisions concerning finances and childcare equally.
  

Egalitarian Authority Pronunciation

Pronunciation Usage Guide

Syllabification: e·gal·i·tar·i·an au·thor·i·ty

Audio Pronunciation

International Phonetic Alphabet

• American English – /ɪˌgæləˈtɛriən əˈθɔrəti/
• British English – /ɪˌgælɪˈteərɪən ɔːˈθɒrɪti/

Usage Notes

• Plural: egalitarian authorities
• A family led equally by a female and a male is a bifocal family or bifocal household.
• In contrast to egalitarian authority, matriarchal authority is when power is most exerted by men and patriarchal authority is when power is most exerted by women.
• A type of authority.

Additional Information

• Family and Kinship Resources – Books, Journals, and Helpful Links
• Word origin of “egalitarian” and “authority” – Online Etymology Dictionary: etymonline.com

Related Terms

• egalitarianism
• empty nest
• family
• household allocative system
• household work strategy
• joint conjugal-role relationship
• marriage
• sandwich generation
• second shift
• symmetrical family

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Cite the Definition of Egalitarian Authority

ASA – American Sociological Association (5th edition)

Bell, Kenton, ed. 2014. “egalitarian authority.” In Open Education Sociology Dictionary. Retrieved November 28, 2023 (https://sociologydictionary.org/egalitarian-authority/).

APA – American Psychological Association (6th edition)

egalitarian authority. (2014). In K. Bell (Ed.), Open education sociology dictionary. Retrieved from https://sociologydictionary.org/egalitarian-authority/

Chicago/Turabian: Author-Date – Chicago Manual of Style (16th edition)

Bell, Kenton, ed. 2014. “egalitarian authority.” In Open Education Sociology Dictionary. Accessed November 28, 2023. https://sociologydictionary.org/egalitarian-authority/.

MLA – Modern Language Association (7th edition)

“egalitarian authority.” Open Education Sociology Dictionary. Ed. Kenton Bell. 2014. Web. 28 Nov. 2023. <https://sociologydictionary.org/egalitarian-authority/>.