单词 | matrilineal |
释义 | matrilinealadj. 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). < adj.1904 |
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