kinterm

English

Etymology

kin +‎ term

Noun

kinterm (plural kinterms)

  1. (anthropology) A term used to describe one or more kintypes.
    • 2022, David B. Kronenfeld, Types of Kinship Terminological Systems and How to Analyze Them, page 23:
      The remaining terms can be defined either by a chain of kintypes or by a succession of kinterm equivalences.
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