COGNATION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

(anthropology) related by blood

Synonyms:

blood kinship; cognation; consanguinity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Hypernyms ("cognation" is a kind of...):

family relationship; kinship; relationship ((anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption)

Domain category:

anthropology (the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings)

Meaning:

Line of descent traced through the maternal side of the family

Synonyms:

cognation; enation; matrilineage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Hypernyms ("cognation" is a kind of...):

unilateral descent (line of descent traced through one side of the family)