syndyasmian
syndyasmian adjective: pertaining to the state of pairing together sexually; said of animals during periods of procreation and while rearing their offspring.
Adjective
syndyasmian (not comparable)
- Pertaining to the state of pairing together sexually; said of animals during periods of procreation and while rearing their offspring.
- Pertaining to a family structure in which couples pair off (sometimes only temporarily for the rearing of children), but do not practice exclusive cohabitation, instead living with others in a communal household.
- Two forms of the family had appeared before the syndiasmian, and created two great systems of consanguinity, or rather two distinct forms of the same system, but this third family neither produced a new system nor sensibly modified the old. The syndiasmian family continued for an unknown period of...1906, Philip Rappaport, Looking Forward, page 33
- We should note that matriarchy is easily explained as the almost inevitable successor of syndiasmian marriage or, more generally, of polyandry.2010, Gabriel Tarde, Terry N. Clark, Gabriel Tarde On Communication and Social Influence, page 128
Origin of syndyasmian
From Ancient Greek συνδυασμός (sunduasmós, “combination of two, copulation”), from συν- (sun-) + δυάς (duás).
Questions about syndyasmian
- What does syndyasmian mean?
- Syndyasmian means pertaining to the state of pairing together sexually; said of animals during periods of procreation and while rearing their offspring.
- What part of speech is syndyasmian?
- Syndyasmian is an adjective.
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