matrilocal
/ˌmatrɪˈləʊk(ə)l
/adjective
Of or denoting a custom in marriage whereby the husband goes to live with the wife’s community. Also called uxorilocal.In one of the most pertinent examples of this, anthropologists criticised matrilocal residence among groups in the Central Highlands for its implied association with a ‘primitive’, benighted phase of history....
- She examines the changing and socially intricate relationship between rights to plants and to land tenure in a matrilineal and matrilocal society where land, under women's control, has become increasingly privatized.
- After marriage, patrilocal residence - with the new couple moving in with the husband's parents - is more likely than matrilocal residence, although couples may establish independent households if they have sufficient resources.
Derivatives
matrilocality
- A tendency toward matrilocality means that the main house at the center of a group of related women almost always contains a stem family.
- The preference is for matrilocality, although this is not a rigid rule.
- ‘The novel conclusion of this study is that patrilocality and matrilocality are not just simply the opposites of each other,’ he said.
Origin
Early 20th century: from Latin mater, matr- 'mother' + local.
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