patrilineal
English
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Etymology
[edit]From patri- + lineal. Coined by British government anthropologist Northcote Whitridge Thomas in 1904 along with matrilineal.[1][2]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /patɹɪˈlɪnɪəl/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
[edit]patrilineal (not comparable)
- (anthropology) Pertaining to descent through male lines.
- 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, London: Abacus, published 2010, page 4:
- The Xhosa are a proud and patrilineal people with an expressive and euphonious language and an abiding belief in the importance of laws, education and courtesy.
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References
[edit]- ^ “patrilineal, adj.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- ^ E[dwin] Sidney Hartland (April 1915), “Ibo-Speaking Peoples of Southern Nigeria”, in Journal of the African Society, volume XIV, number LV, London: Macmillan and Co., Limited; New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Co., →ISSN, →JSTOR, →OCLC, page 276: “It is obviously to be inferred, for it is nowhere explicitly stated, that the Ibo of the Asaba district are patrilineal, to use a very convenient word coined by Mr. Thomas himself. But, if so, there are certain usages which look like relics of a matrilineal stage.”
Spanish
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[edit]patrilineal m or f (masculine and feminine plural patrilineales)
- (anthropology) patrilineal
- Antonym: matrilineal
Further reading
[edit]- “patrilineal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
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