matrilocal
/ma-truh-loh-kuhl, mey-/US // ˌmæ trəˈloʊ kəl, ˌmeɪ- //UK // (ˈmætrɪˌləʊkəl, ˈmeɪ-) //
母系社会,母系社会组织,母校,母系社会的人
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
Anthropology.
- : of or relating to residence with the wife's family or tribe; uxorilocal: matrilocal customs.
Examples
When the husband removes and lives in his wife's group the marriage is matrilocal; if the wife removes it is patrilocal.
I therefore propose to term the three types matrilocal, removal, and patrilocal marriages.
The extended family groupings in terms of matrilocal residence or centered around a sibling group are amorphous but flexible.
In such a case the marriage is called matrilocal; otherwise it is patrilocal.
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