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Kinship system   /kˈɪnʃˌɪp sˈɪstəm/   Listen
Kinship system

noun
1.
(anthropology) the system of social relationships that constitute kinship in a particular culture, including the terminology that is used and the reciprocal obligations that are entailed.





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... sedentary character of our Indian tribes is to be found in the curious form of kinship system, with mother-right as its chief factor, which prevails. This, as has been pointed out in another place, is not adapted to the necessities of nomadic tribes, which need to be governed by a patriarchal system, and, as well, to be ...
— Seventh Annual Report • Various
... Melanesian and Papuan and other peoples, we have collected similar information regarding Kayan, Sea Dayak, Klemantan, and Murut villages. But in no case does the table discover any trace of any elaborate kinship system. ...
— The Pagan Tribes of Borneo • Charles Hose and William McDougall


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