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单词 avunculate
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Definition of avunculate in English:

avunculate

noun əˈvʌŋkjʊlətəˈvəNGkyəlit
the avunculateAnthropology
  • The special relationship in some societies between a man and his sister's son.

    kinship relations such as the avunculate
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Fante also cited the latter proverb to indicate certain limitations placed on the avunculate.
    • Commentary from 1861 to the present is examined in order to establish that the avunculate does indeed reflect matrilineal kinship structure, which in turn suggests that a full-scale totemic kinship system prevailed in prehistoric Germania.
    • However, some questions were still unanswered, since the avunculate is not associated always with either matrilineal or patrilineal systems.
    • He is currently refining one paper on Anglo-Saxon queenship and another on the avunculate in Beowulf, the latter invited for Philological Quarterly.
    • Since every schoolboy since Radcliffe-Brown knows the importance of the avunculate in African society, I simply counted my blessings, figuring that I must actually be ‘doing’ anthropology.

Origin

Early 20th century: from Latin avunculus 'maternal uncle' + -ate2.

 
 

Definition of avunculate in US English:

avunculate

nounəˈvəNGkyəlit
the avunculateAnthropology
  • The special relationship in some societies between a man and his sister's son.

    kinship relations such as the avunculate
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Since every schoolboy since Radcliffe-Brown knows the importance of the avunculate in African society, I simply counted my blessings, figuring that I must actually be ‘doing’ anthropology.
    • The Fante also cited the latter proverb to indicate certain limitations placed on the avunculate.
    • However, some questions were still unanswered, since the avunculate is not associated always with either matrilineal or patrilineal systems.
    • He is currently refining one paper on Anglo-Saxon queenship and another on the avunculate in Beowulf, the latter invited for Philological Quarterly.
    • Commentary from 1861 to the present is examined in order to establish that the avunculate does indeed reflect matrilineal kinship structure, which in turn suggests that a full-scale totemic kinship system prevailed in prehistoric Germania.

Origin

Early 20th century: from Latin avunculus ‘maternal uncle’ + -ate.

 
 
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