kin group
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Definition
Noun: A group of people who are connected by blood relations (descent from a common ancestor) or by legal/social bonds of marriage. It refers to the basic social unit of kinship.
Usage
The term "kin group" is used to describe a collective of individuals recognized as family through lineage or alliance. It is a sociological and anthropological term. - It functions as a subject or object in a sentence. - It is often modified by adjectives specifying the type or size of the group (e.g., extended, matrilineal, small).
Examples
- The clan is a traditional kin group that traces descent from a single ancestor.
- Anthropologists studied how the kin group provided support to its members.
- Inheritance laws in that culture are based on membership in a kin group.
Advanced Usage
- "Extended kin group": Refers to a family network that includes not just parents and children but also aunts, uncles, cousins, and grandparents.
- The festival was a gathering for the entire extended kin group.
- "Corporate kin group": Used in anthropology to describe a kin group that functions as a collective economic or property-holding unit.
- The land is owned by the corporate kin group, not by individuals.
Variants and Related Words
- Kinship group: A direct synonym.
- Kin: The individual members of such a group; one's relatives collectively.
- Kindred: A group of related persons; one's family and relatives.
- Clan: A kin group based on claimed descent from a common ancestor.
- Lineage: A kin group defined by descent from a known common ancestor.
Synonyms
- Family group
- Kinship network
- Descent group
Antonyms
- Strangers
- Non-relatives
- Unrelated individuals
Related Idioms and Phrases
- "Next of kin": A person's closest living relative(s).
- The hospital notified the next of kin after the accident.
- "Kith and kin": An old-fashioned phrase meaning friends and relatives.
- He invited all his kith and kin to the celebration.
Noun
- group of people related by blood or marriage