ambilinealityn.
/ˌambᵻlɪnɪˈalᵻti/, U.S. /ˌæmbəˌlɪniˈælədi/ Cultural Anthropology and Sociology.
Ambilineal descent or kinship.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > [noun] > kinship system > where there is choice between lineage groups
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1958 E. E. Bacon Obok vi. 85 This asymmetrical ambilineality is to be found in other aspects of Khalkha social organization.
1984 A. J. Barnard & A. Good Res. Pract. Study Kinship vii. 148 Both hierarchy and ambilineality are characteristic of Polynesian descent groups.
2014 Anthropol. Q. 87 689 Kayapó groups have an elaborate kin and non-kin system of social relationships, including..ambilineality, and ceremonial friends.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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