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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesunilinear
Pronunciation / Transliteration: u-ni-li-ne-ar
"A descendência unilinear define o parentesco através de uma única linha ancestral."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Tracing descent exclusively through either the male or the female line, but not both.
"In a unilineal kinship system, a person belongs to the descent group of either their mother or their father." - 2
Proceeding in a single, direct line of development or evolution.
"Early sociological theories often assumed a unilineal model of cultural evolution for all human societies."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin prefix 'uni-' (meaning single or one) combined with 'lineal' (from Latin 'linealis', pertaining to a line). It emerged within 19th and 20th-century anthropological and sociological discourse to describe systems of descent or evolution following a single, exclusive line.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Unilineal" is said worldwide
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unilinéal
Transliteration: y-ni-li-ne-al
"Le système de parenté unilinéal trace la filiation par un seul parent."
unilineal
Transliteration: u-ni-li-ne-al
"Unilineale Abstammungssysteme rechnen die Verwandtschaft nur über eine Linie an."
unilineare
Transliteration: u-ni-li-ne-a-re
"La discendenza unilineare è comune in molte culture tradizionali."
unilineal
Transliteration: u-ni-li-ne-al
"La descendencia unilineal se traza exclusivamente a través de los hombres o de las mujeres."
unilinear
Transliteration: u-ni-li-ne-ar
"A descendência unilinear define o parentesco através de uma única linha ancestral."
एकरेखीय
Transliteration: ek-rekhiya
"एकरेखीय वंशीय प्रणाली केवल एक ही पक्ष से वंशीय संबंध मानती है।"
单系的
Transliteration: dān xì de
"单系嗣续群只通过父亲或母亲一方计算世系。"
단계적
Transliteration: dan-gye-jeok
"단계 혈통 체계에서는 한쪽 부모를 통해서만 혈족 관계가 성립합니다."
単系の
Transliteration: tan-kei no
"単系血縁集団では、父系または母系のいずれか一方のみを通じて血統が継承されます。"
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