KINSHIP SYSTEM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does kinship system mean? 

• KINSHIP SYSTEM (noun)
  The noun KINSHIP SYSTEM has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: KINSHIP SYSTEM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KINSHIP SYSTEM (noun)

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Meaning:

(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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("kinship system" is a kind of...):

arrangement; organisation; organization; system (an organized structure for arranging or classifying)

Domain category:

anthropology (the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings)