agnation
Collocations
3ADJ.
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AGNATION + NOUN
kinship
ADV.
only
Definitions
noun
consanguinity by a line of males only, as distinguished from cognation
Between an uncle and his sister's son, therefore, there is no agnation, but only kinship
Furthermore, for reasons that will by now be obvious, interhouse relations represent a paradigm for the politics of agnation at large: any competition for influence or position among patrilateral kin is, in essence, a rivalry between houses produced by a shared ancestor and reproduced across the generations, and particular units, whether or not they take the initiative in such processes, are ultimately drawn into their purview (see chap. 2).
The property of being agnate.
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Synonyms
noun — line of descent traced through the paternal side of the fami
- patrilineage
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2Between an uncle and his sister's son, therefore, there is no agnation, but only kinship
WiktionaryFurthermore, for reasons that will by now be obvious, interhouse relations represent a paradigm for the politics of agnation at large: any competition for influence or position among patrilateral kin
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