| 单词 | matrilineal |
| 释义 | BETA Examples ofmatrilinealDictionary> Examples ofmatrilineal matrilinealisn’t in the Cambridge Dictionary yet. You can help! Add a definition The accused had tried to change the town's system of succession to the paramountcy from patrilineal tomatrilinealsuccession. From theCambridge English Corpus Although the primary bond is agnatic kinship, this is tempered by relations through marriage,matrilinealties, and shared locality. From theCambridge English Corpus I have critiquedmatrilinealdescent, divine kingship, the naturalistic fallacy concerning the origins of descent groups and the myth of real kinship. From theCambridge English Corpus In short, usually fields are passed on throughmatrilinealinheritance, and the chief's role is as judge or arbiter in dispute cases. From theCambridge English Corpus Traditionally, these characteristics were easy to interpret as kin interacting with kin in stablematrilinealgroups. From theCambridge English Corpus This would only apply if thematrilinealwhale species were especially affected by this process. From theCambridge English Corpus Consistency of values by all the five methods would indicate absence of any preference for patrilineal ormatrilinealunions. From theCambridge English Corpus The figure described by informants simply as the maternal uncle was generally the oldest member of a matrilineage ormatrilinealsegment. From theCambridge English Corpus A larger issue that cannot be addressed in this paper is the prejudice againstmatrilineal-matrilocal systems as creating 'disincentives for long-term investment' by husbands (ibid.). From theCambridge English Corpus Today this act is remembered as a ' betrayal ' that called into question the legitimacy of thematrilinealsystem of labor and inheritance. From theCambridge English Corpus Male-biased dispersal creates groups bounded bymatrilinealkinship bonds. From theCambridge English Corpus Although several customs governed the selection of rulers, thematrilinealprinciple was quite strong. From theCambridge English Corpus In common with the two study societies, they have amatrilinealdescent system which is here divided into matri-moieties, each comprising several clans. From theCambridge English Corpus The survey was stratified by region, by sector and by lineality (matrilinealand non-matrilinealsystems of inheritance and descent). From theCambridge English Corpus In the nineteenth century, anthropologists were fascinated bymatrilinealdescent, which they confounded with matriarchy as a supposedly earlier stage of social evolution than patriarchy. From theCambridge English Corpus The chiefs represented thematrilinealclans and lineages and were nominated by the senior women. From theCambridge English Corpus In fact, most technical skills are inherited agnatically, while the overall system of belonging and the transmission of life ismatrilineal. From theCambridge English Corpus Nevertheless, the prevailing pattern of succession served as a model for the new legacies, which were now also inherited in thematrilinealline. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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