patrilineal
形容词 adj.
英 /patɹɪˈlɪnɪəl/
英文释义
形容词 adj.
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Pertaining to descent through male lines.
— The Xhosa are a proud and patrilineal people with an expressive and euphonious language and an abiding belief in the importance of laws, education and courtesy.
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词源
From patri- + lineal. Coined by British government anthropologist Northcote Whitridge Thomas in 1904 along with matrilineal.
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