Matrilineal

Word MATRILINEAL
Character 11
Hyphenation matrilineal
Pronunciations /ˌmeɪtɹɪˈlɪnɪəl/

Definitions and meanings of "Matrilineal"

What do we mean by matrilineal?

Relating to, based on, or tracing ancestral descent through the maternal line. adjective

Tracing descent through the female line. adjective

Tracing descent only through female lines. adjective

Based on or tracing descent through the female line adjective

Tracing descent only through female ancestors.

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The word "matrilineal" in example sentences

The attentiveness Ruvu people gave, particularly Ruvu women, to guaranteeing successful births and infant survival is an example of the importance placed on bearing children in matrilineal Ruvu societies. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The attention given to the new mother by her matrilineage foregrounds the importance of children to the maintenance of clan and lineage in matrilineal societies. 22 Fittingly, the women involved in this were those clanswomen who had given birth to the young women themselves and guided them through later female initiation instruction, which itself aimed above all at securing fertility, a topic we will return to later in the chapter. ❋ Unknown (2008)

And it intimates that in matrilineal societies, as has been suggested by other researchers, grandmothers personified power and importance in their communities. 25 Such research may begin to shed some light, for instance, on the missing pieces of our understanding about women in these societies, which have been usually only gleaned by the prominent role that grandmothers commonly have in marriage negotiations for their granddaughters. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The narrator then went on to say that this is why male prosperity depends on the power wielded over a man's sister's children, a common view and associated practice in matrilineal societies. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Such an emphasis, or reasoning, for the * mwali life position would make far more obvious sociocultural sense in matrilineal and matrifocal societies than imagining that marriage and male sexual pleasure were most important. ❋ Unknown (2008)

93The institution of marriage represents another persistent feature in matrilineal Ruvu communities. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Mitochondrial Eve (mt-mrca) [Right: An artist's rendition] is the name given by researchers to the woman who is defined as the matrilineal most recent common ancestor (MRCA) for all currently living humans. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Their method consisted of studying two distinct social groups: the Maasai in Tanzania, a “textbook example of a patriarchal society” in which women and children are considered “property,” and the Khasi in India, who are matrilineal, meaning female-dominated through inheritance laws, household authority, and social structures — though still distinct from “matriarchal,” since, as the authors point out, “the sociological literature is almost unanimous in the conclusion that truly matriarchal societies no longer exist.” ❋ Unknown (2008)

Iroquois society was matrilineal, meaning descent was traced through the mother rather than through the father, as it was in colonial society. ❋ Maggiemac (2008)

Women here make most major decisions; they control household finances, have the rightful ownership of land and houses, and full rights to the children born to them - quite radical considering that many parts of China still practise arranged marriages - although political power tends to rest with the men making the description "matrilineal" more accurate. ❋ Shahesta Shaitly (2010)

Term limits do not override patrilineal or matrilineal descent. ❋ Henry J. Stern (2010)

They use tools; they pass down their language, and have evolved a sophisticated matrilineal culture. ❋ Brenda Peterson (2010)

It can test for shared strands of autosomal DNA – meaning any line of ancestry, not just pure matrilineal or patrilineal lines. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Quite a few women also wondered whether I played down the feminist angle too much when I wrote that my clinging to 'Rosman' was hardly a sign of matrilineal dominance. ❋ Katherine Rosman (2011)

“Ladies” are not often polite to those who have rifled their possessions and taken those object that derive a significant portion of their personal value from these matrilineal values. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"Rosman" was hardly a sign of matrilineal dominance. ❋ Katherine Rosman (2011)

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