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ambilineal, a. Anthropol.|ˌæmbɪˈlɪnɪəl|
[f. ambi- + lineal a.: cf. matrilineal a., patrilineal a.]
Designating or pertaining to a kinship system in which an individual may choose to claim membership of either the father's or the mother's lineage group, but not both.
1950E. R. Leach Social Sci. Res. Sarawak App. B. 62 In the ‘ambilineal’ systems of Borneo and Polynesia, descent through the father still usually counts for more than descent through the mother. 1957R. Firth in Man Jan. ii. 6/1 It would seem useful to include among such terms the following:..Ambilineal for the maintenance of group continuity through the generations by using male or female links without set order. 1968Buchler & Selby Kinship & Social Organization iv. 90 In cases where ancestor-based groups are formed out of people who are related through either male or female ascendants concurrently, we refer to them as ambilineal. 1989Encycl. Brit. XIX. 72/2 There are some societies that recognise an ideal of patrilineal descent but in which persons may opt for tracing descent through a female link. This arrangement, known as ambilineal descent..bears some relation to the cognatic descent system of egalitarian hunter-gatherers.
Hence ambilineˈality n.
1984Barnard & Good Res. Practices in Study Kinship vii. 148 Both hierarchy and ambilineality are characteristic of Polynesian descent groups. |