fictive kinship

collocation in English

meaningsoffictiveandkinship

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fictive
adjective
uk
/ˈfɪk.tɪv/us
/ˈfɪk.tɪv/
invented and not true or ...
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kinship
noun[U]
uk
/ˈkɪn.ʃɪp/us
/ˈkɪn.ʃɪp/
the relationship between members of the ...
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(Definition offictiveandkinshipfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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What sort offictivekinshipis created between employers and workers?
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Simultaneously,fictivekinshiprelations are articulated (between godchild and godparents, and between parents and godparents).
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Marriage was always a more common way of incorporating and defining authority over women than the construction offictivekinship.
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Speculations on howfictivekinshipor omniscient beings function to protect committed groups against cheaters and freeloaders surely match our intuitive (dare we say "folkpsychological"?) feelings for how religions work.
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As a samurai he was placed in a direct vassalage relationship to the shogun as a member of his house in afictivekinshiptie.
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Fictivekinshiphas been demonstrated among the spouses of military men and women as well.
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Over its history, anthropology has developed a number of related concepts and terms, such as descent, descent groups, lineages, affines, cognates and evenfictivekinship.
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Many decisions and ceremonies were revolved aroundfictivekinshipand ancestor worship.
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The circulation of palm-fiber wealth stabilizes a host of social relationships, ranging from marriage andfictivekinship("compadrazco", spiritual compeership) to perpetuating relationships with the deceased.
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