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neolocal, a. Anthrop.|niːəʊˈləʊkəl| [f. neo- + local a.] Denoting a place of residence chosen by a newly-married couple which is independent of parental or family ties. Hence neoˈlocally adv.
1949G. P. Murdock Soc. Structure i. 16 When a newly wedded couple, as in our own society, establishes a domicile independent of the location of the parental home of either partner..residence may be called neolocal. 1958F. M. Keesing Cultural Anthrop. x. 264 The married couple may.., as in the modern urban society, set up a home apart from the parents of both: neolocal (new-place). 1967J. Deetz Invitation to Archaeology 95 We Americans reside neolocally, apart from both parents. 1973Times Lit. Suppl. 6 July 774/5 Many young married couples must live ‘neolocally’: that is, away from the extended family households characteristic of other kinds of area. |