单词 | multilineal |
释义 | multilinealadj. Having several or many lines; (Cultural Anthropology) denoting a kinship system which includes relationships derived from families of both the father and the mother. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > [adjective] > relating to multilineal system multilineala1800 the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [adjective] > many-sided or having parts many-headed1537 many-sided1570 fertile-headed1632 versatile1656 multilateral1784 multilineala1800 polycephalic1850 multipolar1855 faceted1862 multicentral1864 arborescent1867 multisegmented1879 multisegmentate1880 multilinear1886 polycentric1887 many-faceted1890 a1800 G. Steevens Note on Twel. N. iii. iii, in Plays W. Shakspeare (1803) V. 353 This Map is multilineal in the extreme, and is the first in which the Eastern Islands are included. 1850 J. Ogilvie Imperial Dict. Multilineal or multilinear, having many lines. 1943 T. Parsons in Amer. Anthropologist 45 26 Since the same principle of lack of distinction by sex of intervening relative applies to still higher ascendant generations—the four great- and eight great-great-grandfathers—it is perhaps more accurate to speak of a ‘multilineal’ than a ‘bilateral’ system. 1956 R. Firth Two Stud. Kinship in London 16 The ‘multilineal’ American family. 1965 G. P. Murdock Culture & Society xiii. 179 The ‘multilineal’ of Parsons..is inappropriate since..many such systems, including the American, are not in fact ‘lineal’ in any sense. 1993 C. Tilley Interpretative Archaeol. 19 A rhizome..establishes multiple connections in any direction rather than a unilineal or multilineal series linking diverse elements. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1800 |
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