house society

noun

Etymology

Calque of French société à maison, coined by Claude Lévi-Strauss.

  1. calqued from société à maison

Definitions

  1. A society where kinship and political relations are organized around membership in…

    A society where kinship and political relations are organized around membership in corporately-organized dwellings rather than around descent groups or lineages.

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