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PRONUNCIATION OF PATRILOCAL

patrilocal  [ˌpætrɪˈləʊkəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PATRILOCAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Patrilocal is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PATRILOCAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Patrilocal residence

In social anthropology, patrilocal residence or patrilocality is a term referring to the social system in which a married couple resides with or near the husband's parents. The concept of location may extend to a larger area such as a village, town, or clan area. This practice is found in about 69 percent of the world's cultures that have been described ethnographically. It has also been documented as well as among Neanderthals in Spain and ancient homonids in Africa.

Definition of patrilocal in the English dictionary

The definition of patrilocal in the dictionary is having or relating to a marriage pattern in which the couple lives with the husband's family.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PATRILOCAL


afocal
ˈeɪˌfəʊkəl
bifocal
baɪˈfəʊkəl
confocal
kɒnˈfəʊkəl
focal
ˈfəʊkəl
hyperfocal
ˌhaɪpəˈfəʊkəl
interlocal
ˌɪntəˈləʊkəl
local
ˈləʊkəl
matrilocal
ˈmætrɪˌləʊkəl
multifocal
ˌmʌltɪˈfəʊkəl
nonlocal
nɒnˈləʊkəl
parfocal
pɑːˈfəʊkəl
socle
ˈsəʊkəl
subvocal
sʌbˈvəʊkəl
trifocal
traɪˈfəʊkəl
univocal
ˌjuːnɪˈvəʊkəl
uxorilocal
ʌkˌsɔːrɪˈləʊkəl
varifocal
ˈvɛərɪˌfəʊkəl
virilocal
ˈvɪrɪˌləʊkəl
vocal
ˈvəʊkəl
yokel
ˈjəʊkəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PATRILOCAL

patriclinous
patrico
patrifocal
patrifocality
patrilineage
patrilineal
patrilineally
patrilinear
patrilinearly
patriliny
patrilocally
patrimonial
patrimonially
patrimonies
patrimony
patriot
patriotic
Patriotic Front
patriotically
patriotism

WORDS THAT END LIKE PATRILOCAL

equivocal
irreciprocal
matrifocal
multivocal
nonfocal
nonreciprocal
nonvocal
patrifocal
pedocal
reciprocal
semivocal
unequivocal
unvocal

Synonyms and antonyms of patrilocal in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «patrilocal» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PATRILOCAL

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

Translator English - Chinese

从夫居
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

patrilocal
570 millions of speakers

English

patrilocal
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

patrilocal
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

patrilocal
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

патрилокальная
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

patrilocais
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিশেষ বৈবাহিক প্রথা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

patrilocale
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Patrilocal
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

patrilokalen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

patrilocal
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

patrilocal
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Patrilocal
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phụ hệ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கணவன் வழிக் கூட்டத்தின் இருப்பிடத்தை மையமாகக் கொண்ட
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Patrilocal
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ataerkil
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

patrilocale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

patrylokalne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

патрилокальний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

patrilocal
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τη γραμμή του πατέρα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

patrilocal
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

patrilocal
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

patrilocal
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of patrilocal

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PATRILOCAL»

The term «patrilocal» is normally little used and occupies the 150.088 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PATRILOCAL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «patrilocal» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «patrilocal» 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 patrilocal

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PATRILOCAL»

Discover the use of patrilocal in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to patrilocal and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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China in Transition: Economic, Political, and Social ...
By the 1980s over 50 percent of all Beijing urban marriages were once again patrilocal. In addition, matrilocality also gained; throughout the 1980s over 15 percent of all marriages ended with the newlyweds living with one or both of the bride's ...
George T. Yu, 1993
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Kinship and Behavior in Primates
Helen Perich Alvarez It I soc idea that patrilocal, exogamous bands are the simplest and oldest human social system was elaborated in influential detail in the early l900s. Although challenges emerged, tallies of the residence rules among ...
Bernard Chapais, Carol M. Berman, 2004
3
Invitation to Social and Cultural Anthropology
Patrilocal and matrilocal family. According to post marital rules in different societies, the family can be broadly divided in two types; patrilocal and matrilocal. But in addition to those, bilocal, avunculocal and neolocal residence families are also ...
K. N. Dash, 2004
4
Cultural Anthropology: The Field Study of Human Beings
Other newly adult householders choose a patrilocal location — in the neighborhood of the father of the male householder. Yet another possibility is avunculocal residence, in the vicinity of an uncle, usually a mother's brother's. This is found ...
Alexander Moore, 1998
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Primeval kinship: how pair-bonding gave birth to human society
In this chapter I review the empirical evidence relating both to the philopatry patterns of our closest relatives and to the patrilocal band model; I spell out the assumptions, problems, and implications of the ancestral male kin group hypothesis; ...
Bernard Chapais, 2009
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The Ancient Maya
If current preferences for patrilocal residence held in the pre- Columbian past as well, then residence groups may have formed around men and their unmarried children related through the male line — patrilocal extended families. But at any ...
Robert J. Sharer, Loa P. Traxler, 2006
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Kinship and Behavior in Primates
In the last three columns, I give the codes from the atlas, Column 16: Marital Residence; the classification from Ember, who dispensed with Murdock's patrilocal/virilocal and matrilocal/uxorilocal distinctions; and my own coding from the ...
Bernard Chapais Professor of Anthropology University of Montreal, Carol M. Berman Professor of Anthropology University of Buffalo, 2004
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The Palaeolithic Societies of Europe
In Lee's phrase, 'the dominant impression one gets from accounts of patrilocal bands is one of semi-isolated, male-centered groups, encapsulated within territories' (Lee 1976:75). These, according to Service, would have been the widespread ...
Clive Gamble, 1999
9
Lexical Reconstruction: The Case of the Proto-Athapaskan ...
There are numerous cases of small, patrilocal and sometimes patrilineal bands with a hunting and gathering subsistence base. Various reasons for the patrilocal bias have been given: (1) the necessity for men to be familiar with the territory in ...
Isidore Dyen, David Friend Aberle, 1974
10
The Archaeology of Kinship: Advancing Interpretation and ...
Because matrilocal, patrilocal, cognatic, and neolocal residential groups have distinct types of households serving their specific social needs, the architectural configurations at households (e.g., fortes 1959) can be used as an independent ...
Bradley E. Ensor, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PATRILOCAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term patrilocal is used in the context of the following news items.
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#dnaEdit: Save the girl child
This is a trend that finds echoes in other patrilineal societies which have patrilocal village exogamy as well, such as China and South Korea. «Daily News & Analysis, Jul 15»
2
She finally said 'yes' ... and then there were four
In patrilocal societies, for example, a young up-and-comer is still expected to learn from her husband's mother, which includes learning to live ... «The Kingston Whig-Standard, May 15»
3
Beta chahiye: The appalling reason why Indian children are among …
One, a patrilocal and patrilineal kinship: Aging parents live with their son, typically the eldest, and bequeath property to him, while the dowries ... «Firstpost, Apr 15»
4
Couples of the Future
It is your typical vision of patrilocal residency; my mother -- born in Taiwan -- moved away from her family after meeting my father in NYC. «Huffington Post, Jan 15»
5
Demolishing the claim for 'gender-neutral' laws
... of various case studies, we are also acquainted with some patrilocal traditions that make it easy to throw out women on the slightest excuse. «The Hindu, Dec 14»
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Watch: St Vincent airs trailer for Record Store Day Black Friday …
“They can sort of represent patrilocal and matrifocal versions of the world; mother father sidey-side.” Ahead of Friday, Annie Clark's produced a ... «DIY Magazine, Nov 14»
7
Did better mothering defeat the Neanderthals?
Evidence to date indicates that Neanderthals were patrilocal, meaning the females went to live with their mate's family; whereas early modern ... «Cosmos, Oct 14»
8
Becoming a Post-Soviet City: Social Housing and Urban Planning in …
This was a spontaneous response to the spatial shortcomings of such spaces in accommodating rural and patrilocal lifestyles. The Soviet ... «Global Voices Online, Oct 14»
9
Engels and Women's Liberation
... kinship group) or patrilocal (the husband's) – depending on which was more convenient. But, because of the cooperative nature of the band, ... «Socialist Alternative, Sep 14»
10
The women who live as men
The strict, conservative Kanun decrees that families must be patrilineal (passing wealth down the male line) and patrilocal (meaning that a ... «Telegraph.co.uk, May 14»

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