cognation

Thân thiện

A family tree chart clearly illustrates the principle of cognation.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • (Anthropology) Relatedness through maternal descent: In anthropology, "cognation" refers to a relationship or kinship traced specifically through the maternal line of a family.
   • Close kinship or consanguinity: More broadly, it can denote a state of being related by blood or close family ties.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The study of cognation is crucial for understanding matrilineal societies. (The study of kinship through the maternal line is crucial for understanding matrilineal societies.)
  • Their cognation was evident in their shared physical features and family history. (Their close blood relation was evident in their shared physical features and family history.)

Advanced Usage

• Legal/Historical Context: In older legal or genealogical texts, "cognation" may be used to distinguish maternal kinship from "agnation" (kinship through the paternal line).
  • The inheritance laws considered both agnation and cognation.

Variants and Related Words

• Cognate (adj/noun): Related by blood or origin; a word related to another by descent from the same root.
  • Spanish and Italian are cognate languages.
  • The English word "mother" and the German word "Mutter" are cognates.

Synonyms

• Consanguinity: The state of being related by blood.
• Matrilineal descent: Descent traced through the maternal line.
• Kinship: Blood relationship.

Antonyms

• Agnation: Kinship traced through the paternal line.
• Affinity: Relationship by marriage, not by blood.

Học thuật

Noun

1. (anthropology) related by blood
2. line of descent traced through the maternal side of the family

Từ đồng nghĩa

• consanguinity
• blood kinship
• matrilineage
• enation