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单词 ambilineal
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ambilinealadj.

Brit. /ˌambᵻˈlɪnɪəl/, U.S. /ˌæmbəˈlɪniəl/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ambi- prefix, lineal adj.
Etymology: < ambi- prefix + lineal adj., after matrilineal adj., patrilineal adj. Compare earlier ambilateral adj. 2.
Cultural Anthropology and Sociology.
Designating or relating to a kinship system in which an individual may claim membership of either the father's or the mother's lineage group, but not both; (also) having a kinship system of this type. Cf. ambilateral adj. 2.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > [adjective] > relating to ambilineal system
ambilineal1948
1948 Man 48 92/1 Certain features of the ‘ambilineal’ descent system noted already among the Iban are found also in the Kenyah-Kayan-Kajang area.
1957 R. 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.
1968 I. R. Buchler & H. A. 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.
1974 C. P. Kottak Anthropol. xvi. 329/1 Other kinds of flexibility are characteristic of societies with ambilineal descent.
2011 J. Pugh-Kitingan in A. Rumsey & D. Niles Sung Tales from Papua New Guinea Highlands vi. 116 Individuals periodically go to reside with different cognatic kin to maintain influence amongst various ambilineal clans.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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