unclehood

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Etymology

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From uncle +‎ -hood.

Noun

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unclehood (uncountable)

  1. the state of being an uncle
    • 2003, Richard W Budd, Interdisciplinary approaches to human communication:
      If he lives in a society which has established unclehood as a centrally significant institution (not ours, to be sure, but most matrilineal societies)...

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