patrilinealadj.
/ˌpatrᵻˈlɪnɪəl/, U.S. /ˌpætrəˈlɪniəl/, /ˌpætrəˈlɪnj(ə)l/ Chiefly Cultural Anthropology and Sociology.
Of, relating to, or based on kinship with the father or descent through the male line; recognizing kinship with and descent through males.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > [adjective] > relating to patrilineal system
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > lineage or descent > [adjective] > male line or side
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1904 N. W. Thomas in Man 80 84 Mr. Hill-Tout argues that totemism originates in a patrilineal just as much as in a matrilineal state of society.
1923 A. L. Kroeber Anthropol. xiii. 356 Within each area or type of culture the matrilineal tribes manifest superiority over the patrilineal tribes in a preponderance of cultural aspects.
1951 E. E. Evans-Pritchard Social Anthropol. ii. 29 According to Bachofen, there was first everywhere promiscuity, then a matrilineal and matriarchal social system, and only late in the history of man did this system give way to a patrilineal and patriarchal one.
1995 New Yorker 20 Mar. 66/3 So clan is clearly not much protection in these matters, and neither is ‘clan family’, a large patrilineal grouping.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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