kin group
- noun
- /kɪn ɡruːp/
:
grupo de parentesco
- Many cultures emphasize the responsibilities one has towards their kin group in times of need.
- members of the kin group
- extended kin group
- kin group identity
And what drove much of this was that these kin groups generally practice polygamous mating.
- And what drove much of this was that these kin groups generally practice polygamous mating.
Examples
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A family is a kin group whose members generally, but not necessarily, live together in the same household.
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The other seven rejected the pressures to marry men imposed by members of their kin group.
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Yet marriages extend beyond members of the kin group to include those outside the neighborhood and even outside the village.
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Our own family paid the diya; we did not go out to collect it from our kin group.
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Because a kin group was the basis of social organization, there was an assumed permanence in its structure.
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There are no strong sanctions or opposition within the family or extended kin group against intercaste marriages.
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Under these uncertain conditions, kin groups tended to be highly mobile and often defined their ethnicity situationally.
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Aside from Tombo, the woman with the most political clout in Tombo and Olobe's extended kin group was Tombo's second oldest daughter, Tsaralaza.
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A family is a kin group made up of individuals who are related by blood or marriage.
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During the reunion, all the members of our extended kin group gathered to celebrate together.
Synonyms
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2.9
A group of families who are related and share the same identity
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2.6
People who are related by blood or marriage
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6.7
Relatives who come from the same family, often including aunts and cousins
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A group of people who are related by birth over many generations
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A group of people who are related by blood or marriage
A group of people related by blood or marriage like an extended family
People who are related to you by blood, like aunts and cousins
People in your family by blood or marriage
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Morphology
The meaning 'a group of people related by blood or marriage' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'kin' (relatives) with 'group' (a set or unit), so a learner who knows both words can infer the compound meaning. This straightforward nominal composition is cross-linguistically common and follows normal English compounding patterns, making it readily comprehensible to an average B1 learner.
Etymology
Kin group comes from the word kin, meaning 'family', and group, meaning people together. Imagine relatives standing together; that image shows why kin group means 'people who are related by blood or marriage'.