postmarital
- adjective
- /ˌpoʊstˈmɑːrɪtəl/
- As postmarital residence is normally virilocal, sons and daughters of chiefs and of mmusua panin are brought up in the chiefs' household, the ahenefie.
- postmarital residence
- postmarital virilocal
Examples
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Finally, adehyee's matrilineal land may be used to attract husbands and evade the prevalent norm which establishes a virilocal postmarital residential model.
Academic text (1998) -
Fortes's field survey shows that about half of the wives who are supposed to reside in their husbands' compounds as a consequence of a postmarital virilocal norm in reality live in their own matrilineal households.
Academic text (1998) -
In this connection, the data from rural north China show that there has indeed been a shift toward conjugal independence along with the development of the rural economy, although the rise of conjugality does not always show a correlation with changes in family structure and postmarital residence.
Academic text (1997) -
A prevalent virilocal postmarital arrangement or a patrilocal pattern of residence would have contradicted the forging principle of the social structure.
Academic text (1998) -
Patrilocal postmarital residence and the division of labor by gender transformed clan entitlements into land use patterns that, at first glance, appear patrilineal.
Academic text (1991) -
He therefore proposed a rather unusual postmarital residential system termed duolocality: man and wife would live in their matrilineal households, children being brought up by their mothers (Fortes 1949:10-11).
Academic text (1998) -
After their wedding, they faced various postmarital challenges that tested their relationship.
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The couple attended workshops to improve their communication during their postmarital years.
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Postmarital responsibilities included managing a household and planning for the future together.
Synonyms
Happening after a marriage
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word postmarital comes from the prefix post- meaning 'after' and marital, which comes from 'marriage'. So postmarital describes the time or events that happen after marriage.