matrilineal

Thân thiện

In many cultures, property is passed down through a matrilineal system.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Based on or tracing descent through the female line: A system, custom, or inheritance pattern where family lineage, kinship, and sometimes property rights are determined by and passed down through the mother and her female ancestors.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The tribe has a matrilineal system, so children belong to their mother's clan.
  • In some matrilineal societies, property is inherited by a man's sister's sons rather than his own.
  • Anthropologists studied the matrilineal kinship structure of the community.

Advanced Usage

• "Matrilineal descent": The specific principle or practice of tracing ancestry through the female line.
  • The royal family's claim to the throne is based on matrilineal descent.
• "Matrilineal succession": The inheritance of titles, positions, or property through the female line.
  • The rules of matrilineal succession were clearly defined in the ancient legal code.

Variants and Related Words

• Matriline (n): A line of descent traced through the maternal side.
  • She can trace her matriline back for ten generations.
• Matrilineality (n): The state or quality of being matrilineal; the social system itself.
  • The matrilineality of the culture influences all social and economic relationships.
• Matrilateral (adj): Related through the mother's side of the family (e.g., a matrilateral cousin is the child of one's mother's sibling).

Synonyms

• Uterine (in specific kinship contexts, though less common).
• Mother-right (a historical/anthropological term for systems where rights are derived from the mother).

Antonyms

• Patrilineal: Based on or tracing descent through the male line.
• Agnatic: Related through male descent or on the father's side.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. based on or tracing descent through the female line
   • matrilineal inheritance

Từ đồng nghĩa

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