familisticadj.
/ˌfamᵻˈlɪstɪk/, U.S. /ˌfæməˈlɪstɪk/ 1. Theology. Of or relating to the Family of Love. See family n. 5. Cf. familist n. 1. Now historical.
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society > faith > sect > Christianity > other sects and movements > familism > [adjective]
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1645 R. Baillie Dissuasive from Errours of Time vi. 130 If..Anabaptistick, Antinomian, Familistick, Enthusiastick errours be declared not fundamentall, and tolerable in a Church, [etc.].
a1687 H. More Divine Dialogues (1713) Schol. 566 This Man possessed with Familistic dotage.
1754 Short. Hist. Acct. Mod. Sects i, in Three Questions Discussed 157 The Antinomian and Familistic delusion.
1760 J. Dalziel Doctr. Unity & Uniformity Christ's Surety-righteousness Pref. p. iv He scruples not to lampoon it as an Antinomian and Familistic error.
1805 A. Holmes Amer. Ann. I. 297 Ann Hutchinson, a woman of familistic principles in Boston, holding lectures for the propagation of her peculiar tenets.
1863 Church Monthly Jan. 52 His share in the Antinomian and Familistic controversies of the times.
1900 S. G. Fisher True William Penn ii. 34 There were strange antinomian and familistic sects.
1995 Relig. & Amer. Culture 5 17 Hutchinson's ministry among women, together with her familistic leanings, eventually led to her challenge to and banishment by the male ministers of the Bay Colony.
2. Originally: relating to a family or household. Now chiefly: relating to or characteristic of a society in which the family is highly valued; designating such a society.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinship group > family > [adjective] > relating to a family or household
familiar?c1400
family1602
familiarya1617
familic1660
familical1660
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familyish1824
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinship group > family > [adjective] > promoting family
pro-family1938
familistic1957
1660 E. Waterhouse Disc. Arms & Armory 42 The certain rise of familistique distinctions.
1867 T. L. Harris Arcana of Christianity: Pt. III Apocalypse iii. ii. 98 A certain solidarity is developed, through the ordinary familistic ties.
1897 Esoteric Nov. 209 That sign [sc. Cancer]..embodies the principles of family and domestic life more fully than any other, and governs all business, sciences, and manufactures that are peculiarly necessary to the support and maintenance of familistic conditions.
1957 Life 9 Sept. 62/2 Crime accompanies the change from a familistic cooperative society to an individualistic, competitive one.
1977 National Observer (U.S.) 15 Jan. 14/3 In the kibbutz population today you have the most extreme familistic attitudes in the country.
2005 W. B. Wilcox in H. R. Ebaugh Handbk. Relig. & Social Inst. (2006) v. 104 Family networks guided by familistic values and norms.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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