uxorilocaladj.
/ˌʌksɒrɪˈləʊkəl/ Cultural Anthropology.
Applied to or denoting residence after marriage in the area of the wife's home or community. Cf. matrilocal adj., residence n.1 2b, virilocal adj.
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > [adjective] > matrilocal, etc.
matrilocal1906
patrilocal1906
uxorilocal1936
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinship group > family > [adjective] > relating to matrilocal residence
matrilocal1906
uxorilocal1936
1936 R. Firth We, the Tikopia xvi. 596 The greater tendency to uxorilocal settlement at marriage.
1948 L. Adam in Man Jan. 12/2 The adjectives ‘patrilocal’ and ‘matrilocal’ do not fulfil these requirements [of accuracy and clarity]... I therefore propose adoption of the adjectives ‘virilocal’ and ‘uxorilocal’ to indicate whether a married couple shares the domicile with the family of the husband or of the wife.
1958 Man Apr. 69/1 Marriages are about equally virilocal and uxorilocal.
1974 A. P. Wolf Relig. & Ritual in Chinese Soc. 156 When a family has no sons who survive to marry, they ordinarily must arrange an uxorilocal marriage for a daughter or an adopted daughter.
Derivatives
ˌuxoriˈlocally adv.
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > [adverb] > matrilocal, etc.
matrilocally1941
patrilocally1943
uxorilocally1963
neolocally1967
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinship group > family > [adverb] > in a matrilocal manner
matrilocally1941
uxorilocally1963
1963 Brit. Jrnl. Sociol. 14 24 So that now you may read about individual couples ‘marrying avunculocally’ or ‘living uxorilocally’. This seems to me an abuse of terminology.
1974 A. P. Wolf Relig. & Ritual in Chinese Soc. 148 From her father's point of view, a daughter is an outsider. She can achieve the right to a place on his altar only by marrying a man who agrees to reside uxorilocally.
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