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Noun Concept
Categories: Kinship and descent, Anthropology
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moiety
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One of two basic subdivisions of a tribe WordNet 3.0
English:
kinship
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One of two basic subdivisions of a tribe WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
In the anthropological study of kinship, a moiety is a descent group that coexists with only one other descent group within a society. Wikipedia
Either of two groups into which a society is divided Wikipedia Disambiguation
It is a specific form of phartry in which society is divided into two groups based on any principle such that there is a dual organization of the whole Wikidata
Each descent group in a culture which is divided exactly into two descent groups. Wiktionary
IS A
social group
PART OF
tribe
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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moiety
Wikipedia
EN
moiety (kinship)
Wikidata
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Moiety
Wiktionary
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moiety

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