matrilineal
Definition
- 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.
Adjective
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based on or tracing descent through the female line
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matrilineal inheritance
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