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Kinship system   /kˈɪnʃˌɪp sˈɪstəm/   Listen
Kinship system

noun
1.
(anthropology) the system of social relationships that constitute kinship in a particular culture, including the terminology that is used and the reciprocal obligations that are entailed.






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"Kinship system" Quotes from Famous Books



... Melanesian and Papuan and other peoples, we have collected similar information regarding Kayan, Sea Dayak, Klemantan, and Murut villages. But in no case does the table discover any trace of any elaborate kinship system. ...
— The Pagan Tribes of Borneo • Charles Hose and William McDougall



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