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PRONUNCIATION OF MATRILOCALITY

matrilocality  [ˌmætrɪləʊˈkælɪtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MATRILOCALITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Matrilocality is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MATRILOCALITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Matrilocal residence

In social anthropology, matrilocal residence or matrilocality is a term referring to the societal system in which a married couple resides with or near the wife's parents. Thus, the female offspring of a mother remain living in the mother's house, thereby forming large clan-families, typically consisting of three or four generations living in the same place.

Definition of matrilocality in the English dictionary

The definition of matrilocality in the dictionary is a custom in which a married couple live with the wife's family.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MATRILOCALITY


classicality
ˌklæsɪˈkælɪtɪ
comicality
ˌkɒmɪˈkælɪtɪ
criticality
ˌkrɪtɪˈkælɪtɪ
cyclicality
ˌsɪklɪˈkælɪtɪ
cylindricality
sɪˌlɪndrɪˈkælɪtɪ
ethicality
ˌeθɪˈkælɪtɪ
grammaticality
ɡrəmætɪˈkælɪtɪ
illogicality
ɪˌlɒdʒɪˈkælɪtɪ
impracticality
ɪmˌpræktɪˈkælɪtɪ
locality
ləʊˈkælɪtɪ
musicality
ˌmjuːzɪˈkælɪtɪ
physicality
ˌfɪzɪˈkælɪtɪ
practicality
ˌpræktɪˈkælɪtɪ
radicality
ˌrædɪˈkælɪtɪ
technicality
ˌtɛknɪˈkælɪtɪ
theatricality
θɪˌætrɪˈkælɪtɪ
topicality
ˌtɒpɪˈkælɪtɪ
verticality
ˌvɜːtɪˈkælɪtɪ
vocality
vəʊˈkælɪtɪ
whimsicality
ˌwɪmzɪˈkælɪtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MATRILOCALITY

matricular
matriculate
matriculation
matriculator
matriculatory
matrifocal
matrifocality
matrilineal
matrilineally
matriliny
matrilocal
matrilocally
matrimonial
matrimonially
matrimonies
matrimony
matrimony vine
matrioshka
matrix
matrix printer

WORDS THAT END LIKE MATRILOCALITY

ability
air quality
augmented reality
confidentiality
equality
functionality
homosexuality
hospitality
in reality
inequality
low-quality
mortality
municipality
nationality
originality
personality
quality
reality
sexuality
speciality
spirituality

Synonyms and antonyms of matrilocality in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «matrilocality» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MATRILOCALITY

Find out the translation of matrilocality to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of matrilocality from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «matrilocality» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

matrilocality
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

matrilocalidad
570 millions of speakers

English

matrilocality
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

matrilocality
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

matrilocality
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

матрилокальности
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

matrilocalidade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

matrilocality
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

matrilocalité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Matrilocality
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Matrilokalität
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

matrilocality
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

matrilocality
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Matrilocality
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ở rể
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

matrilocality
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मातृत्व
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yerelliği
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

matrilocalità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

matrilocality
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Матрилокальний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

matrilocality
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

matrilocality
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

matrilocality
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

matrilocality
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

matrilocality
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of matrilocality

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MATRILOCALITY»

The term «matrilocality» is barely ever used and occupies the 198.177 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MATRILOCALITY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «matrilocality» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «matrilocality» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about matrilocality

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MATRILOCALITY»

Discover the use of matrilocality in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to matrilocality and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Archaeology of Kinship: Advancing Interpretation and ...
Most of the hypotheses on the origins of matrilocality focus on the relationships among gender roles, subsistence, and group formation. The cross-cultural ethnological models indicate that matrilocality is associated with the importance of ...
Bradley E. Ensor, 2013
2
Cengage Advantage Books: Humanity: An Introduction to ...
What is it, specifically, about matrilineality and matrilocality that gives relatively high status to females? It is not that “women rule” in these societies. Generally speaking, men hold positions of both political and domestic authority in matrilineal ...
James Peoples, Garrick Bailey, 2008
3
Lexical Reconstruction: The Case of the Proto-Athapaskan ...
matrilocality, presumably in connection with the diffusion of matrilineality to these groups from the coast. This direct shift from patrilocality to matrilocality is the one form of residential change that Murdock believes never occurs. Even if we ...
Isidore Dyen, David Friend Aberle, 1974
4
Mind the Gap: Tracing the Origins of Human Universals
But human groups exhibit several other residence patterns: matrilocality ( spouses live with or near the wife's parents), bilocality (spouses live near the husband's parents or the wife's parents), neolocality (both spouses leave their natal home to ...
Peter Kappeler, Joan Silk, 2009
5
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History: 4 Volume Set
[See also Deities; Dual-Sex Political Systems; Gender Roles; Indigenous Cultures; Indonesia; Matrilocality and Patrilocality; Patriarchy; and Sciences, subentry Social Sciences.] BIBLIOGRAPHY Benda-Beckmann, Franz von, and Keebet von ...
Bonnie G. Smith, 2008
6
The Way the Wind Blows: Climate Change, History, and Human ...
Counter to the expectations of previous researchers, quantitative studies of Chumash postmarital residence based on evidence from mission registers reveal a predominant pattern of matrilocality. Consideration of the movement of spouses  ...
Roderick J. McIntosh, Joseph A. Tainter, Susan Keech McIntosh, 2013
7
Crafting Prehispanic Maya Kinship
Because matrilocality keeps married sisters together, they are more likely to live in the same dwelling. However, patrilocality disperses sisters across households and unrelated married women are less likely to live in the same dwelling.
Bradley E. Ensor, 2013
8
The Black-Tailed Prairie Dog: Social Life of a Burrowing Mammal
Yes No No Common Yes 50 Aboveground Matrilocality with harem-polygyny 1 Rare Endangered Rare Rare Rare Rare No Common Yes 50 9 ? ? Matrilocality with harem-polygyny 1 Rare Threatened Sources: Merriam 1892, 1902; Hollister  ...
John L. Hoogland, 1995
9
The Subarctic Indians and the Fur Trade, 1680-1860
The inference that matrilocality was a feature of precontact Canadian Athapaskan culture is supported both empirically and logically (see Dyen and Aberle, 1974: 357-58; Yerbury 1980a:354-421). M. Kay Martin's recent research (1974) on ...
Colin Yerbury, 2011
10
Priestess, Mother, Sacred Sister: Religions Dominated by Women
Female-Dominated Religions and Matrilineality , Matrilocality , or Matrifocality — Summary Country Summary Burma: Clearly matrifocal with a matrilineal bias. Some evidence for official matrilineality in earlier centuries. Northern Thailand: ...
‎1996

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MATRILOCALITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term matrilocality is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The Archaeology of Kinship
It's a little repetitive in places: after all, matrilocality and patrilocality are structured the same way even if the physical impacts on house plans and settlements are ... «About - News & Issues, Jan 14»
2
A brief history of 'marriage,' part 14
... Lewis Henry Morgan, did early human society based on mother right, or matrilineality and matrilocality, become patrilineal and patriarchal? «Workers World, Aug 13»
3
A brief history of 'marriage,' part 3
... character of clan marriage (always marrying outside one's own clan) and matrilocality (the husband leaving his clan to join the wife's clan). «Workers World, Jun 13»
4
Men at work: hoes, ploughs, and steel
Interestingly, there are groups in northeast India of Tibeto-Burma or Austro-Asiatic origin which practice both matrilineality and matrilocality. «Discover Magazine, Dec 10»
5
The flux of genes on the South Seas
The standard explanation of this is that the Austronesians had some aspect of matrilineal descent and matrilocality in terms of communal fission ... «Discover Magazine, Nov 10»
6
Marxism and Feminism
Gender relations were totally different whether the husband went to his wife's clan (matrilocality) or the wife went to the husband's (patrilocality). «International Viewpoint, Sep 10»
7
X chromosome marks the spot, again
That is, some researchers have assumed that the prevalence of patrilocality and polygyny in relation to matrilocality and polyandry, combined ... «ScienceBlogs, Feb 10»
8
Roots of women's oppression
Of the first two in time, one is a critical review of Margaret Mead's Male and Female and the other a report on matrilocality--the residence of a ... «Socialist Worker Online, Sep 08»
9
Misogyny Vs. Sexism
Unlike mythical matriarchy, matriliny (with descent reckoned through the female line) and matrilocality (with the family centered in the mother's ... «New York Times Blogs, Apr 08»
10
On the origins of women's oppression
But she fails to explain how bride price came into existence or why the shift from matrilocality to patrilocality had already taken place. This shift is necessary to ... «Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal, Feb 08»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Matrilocality [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/matrilocality>. Apr 2024 ».
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