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matrilocalenUK
mat·ri·lo·cal M0153200 (măt′rə-lō′kəl)adj.1. Anthropology Of or relating to residence with a wife's kin group or clan.2. Zoology Of or relating to the tendency of males to leave their natal group and reside in or mate with females of a different group: groups of monkeys that are matrilocal.
mat′ri·lo·cal′i·ty (-kăl′ĭ-tē) n.mat′ri·lo′cal·ly adv.matrilocal (ˈmætrɪˌləʊkəl; ˈmeɪ-) adj (Anthropology & Ethnology) (of heterosexual relationships)denoting, having, or relating to a marriage pattern in which the couple live with the wife's family matrilocality n ˌmatriˈlocally advmatrilocalenUK
matrilocal or uxorilocal the residence of a married couple with the wife's kin. Often this specifically means with the wife's mother, but not always, so the synonym ‘uxorilocal’ is often used to distance it from MATRILINEAL DESCENT. |