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单词 matrilineal
释义

matrilinealadj.

Brit. /ˌmatrᵻˈlɪnɪəl/, U.S. /ˈˌmætrəˈlɪniəl/, /ˈˌmeɪtrəˈlɪniəl/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: matri- comb. form, lineal adj.
Etymology: < matri- comb. form + lineal adj. Compare patrilineal adj.
Chiefly Cultural Anthropology and Sociology.
Of, relating to, or based on (kinship with) the mother or the female line; recognizing kinship with and descent through females.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > [adjective] > relating to matrilineal system
matrilineal1904
matrilinear1910
Crow-type1925
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > lineage or descent > [adjective] > female line or side
matrilineal1904
matrilinear1910
1904 N. W. Thomas in Man 53 84 Mr. Hill-Tout argues that totemism originates in a patrilineal just as much as in a matrilineal state of society.
1914 W. H. Rivers Kinship & Social Organisation ii. 40 The people of Buin still practice matrilineal descent.
1946 Nature 28 Sept. 457/2 It is clear that the ancient Chamorro had an elaborate social organisation with matrilineal clans and village chiefs whose power was based mainly on inherited wealth and monopolies.
1969 Times 22 Oct. (Ghana Suppl.) p. vii/3 The women have legal rights which would be the envy of any Englishwoman. They own property absolutely and the matrilineal system—inheritance through the women—means that the children belong to the mother's family.
1982 New Scientist 11 Nov. 357/1 Monkeys commonly form matrilineal societies.

Derivatives

matrilineˈality n.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > [noun] > kinship system > matrilineal
matriliny1906
matrilineality1956
Crow system1968
1956 Jrnl. Politics 18 592 The Trobriand Island system is based on matrilineality.
1992 Amer. Hist. Rev. 97 592 The matrilineality so often attributed to the Bantu was not present.
matriˈlineally adv.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > lineage or descent > [adverb] > female line or side
maternally1748
matrilineally1907
1907 Athenæum 20 Apr. 477/1 The method of reckoning descent matrilineally.
1964 J. Gould & W. L. Kolb Dict. Social Sci. 367/1 In a patrilineally organized society a man must also have kinship relations through his mother, and mutatis mutandis in a matrilineally organized society.
1998 Independent on Sunday 8 Nov. 17/2 In China the religion was passed down through the father, not matrilineally.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1904
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