Family, kinship and interpersonal relationships
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- AdoptionParenting a child in place of the original parents
- Affinity (law)Legal and anthropological concept
- Affinity (sociology)Term in sociology
- AllianceCoalition of individuals to secure common interests
- AmbilinealityAmbilineality is a form of kinship affiliation of cognatic descent that relies on self-def
- AncestorPerson from whom another person is descended
- AnnulmentLegal procedure for declaring a marriage null and void
- Arranged marriageMarital union organized by parties other than the couple
- Australian Aboriginal kinship systemsSystems of law covering social interactions in Australian Aboriginal societies
- AvunculateFamily relationship
B
- Bachelor's Day (tradition)Tradition associated with February 29
- Bilateral descentFamily lineage system
- BreakupTermination of an intimate relationship
- Bride priceMoney or other form of wealth paid by a groom or his family to the family of the bride
- Bride serviceServices rendered by a bridegroom
- BrotherMale sibling
- Burmese kinshipThe Burmese kinship system is a fairly complex system used to define family in the Burmese
- Business allianceA business alliance is an agreement between businesses, usually motivated by cost reductio
C
- Casual sexCertain types of human sexual activity as alternative to a romantic relationship
- Chambri peopleChambri (previously spelled Tchambuli) are an ethnic group in the Chambri Lakes region in
- CicisbeoMale companion to a married noblewoman
- Civil unionLegal union similar to marriage
- ClanGroup of people united by actual or perceived kinship and descent
- CohabitationLiving arrangement for unmarried couples
- Collateral (kinship)Collateral is a term used in kinship to describe kin, or lines of kin, that are not in a d
- Coming of Age in Samoa1928 book by Margaret Mead
- Committed relationshipA committed relationship is an interpersonal relationship based upon agreed-upon commitmen
- ConcubinageState of living together as spouses while unmarried
- Concubinage (law)In contemporary civil law, concubinage is a legal term that is sometimes used for an inter
- ConsanguinityProperty of being from the same kinship as another person
- CourtesanProstitute with an upper-class clientele
- CourtshipPeriod in a couple's relationship which precedes their engagement and marriage
- CousinDescendant of an ancestor's sibling
- Cousin marriageMarriage between those with common grandparents or other recent ancestors
- Cross-sex friendshipFriendship between an unrelated male and female
- Crow kinshipCrow kinship is a kinship system used to define family. Identified by Lewis Henry Morgan i
D
- DatingMeeting socially intending a future relationship
- Dating violenceViolence among unmarried couples
- DaughterFemale offspring
- David M. SchneiderAmerican cultural anthropologist
- Diane Bell (anthropologist)Australian writer and anthropologist
- DivorceTermination of a marital union
- DowerAssets reserved for a wife in case her husband dies
- DowryPayment by one family of a marriage to the other family
E
- Elder abuseAbuse of old people
- Eleanor LeacockAmerican anthropologist
- EngagementPromise to wed; period of preparation before marriage
- Ethical non-monogamyEthical non-monogamy (ENM), also known as consensual non-monogamy (CNM), is an umbrella te
- Extended familyFamily that extends beyond the immediate family
F
- Family planningPlanning if or when to have children
- FatherMale parent
- Female bondingClose personal relationship between women
- Fictive kinshipAnthropological concept
- Frank DickseeSir Francis Bernard Dicksee KCVO PRA (27 November 1853 – 17 October 1928) was an English V
- Friend zoneInability to move from a platonic relationship into a romantic one
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- Haudenosaunee kinshipIndigenous kinship system
- Hawaiian kinshipKinship terminology in Hawaii
- Henrietta MooreBritish social anthropologist
- Homogamy (sociology)Marriage between individuals who are similar to each other
- House in multiple occupationA house in multiple occupation (HMO), or a house of multiple occupancy, is a British Engli
- HouseholdGroup sharing accommodation and meals
- Human Relations Area FilesThe Human Relations Area Files, Inc. (HRAF), located in New Haven, Connecticut, US, is an
- Human relations movementMovement based on human relations
- HusbandMale spouse; man who is married
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- Legal separationCourt approved separation that maintains a legal marriage
- Levirate marriageObligatory marriage between a widow and a brother of the deceased
- Lineage (anthropology)Line of ancestors and descendants of a person
- Lineal descendantA lineal or direct descendant, in legal usage, is a blood relative in the direct line of d
- Long-distance relationshipRelations between persons on different geographical locations
- Louise LamphereAmerican anthropologist
M
- Male bondingClose personal relationship between men
- Mate choice in humansDesirable qualities in partners
- MatrilateralThe term matrilateral describes kin (relatives) "on the mother's side".
- Matrilocal residenceSocietal system of married couples residing with the wife's parents
- Meet marketSexual term
- Milk kinshipType of fostering allegiance formed during nursing by a non-biological mother
- MonogamyForm of dyadic relationship
- MotherFemale parent
- Mutual monogamyMutual monogamy is a form of monogamy that exists when two partners agree to be sexually a
N
- Narcissistic parentParent with narcissism
- Neolocal residenceType of post-marital residence system
- New relationship energyNew relationship energy (or NRE) also commonly known as Honeymoon Phase is a state of mind
- Non-monogamyIntimate relationship that is not strictly monogamous
- Nuclear familyGroup of two parents and their children
- Nurture kinshipActs of nurture between individuals
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- Parallel and cross cousinsDifference between cousins based on parents' gender
- ParentCaregiver of offspring in their own species
- Passionate and companionate loveTwo basic love feelings
- PatrilinealityTracing of kinship through the male line
- Patrilocal residenceSocial system in which a couple resides near a husband's parents' residence
- PetAnimal kept for companionship rather than utility
- Philippine kinshipSystem of kinship common in the Philippines
- PolyandryMating system in which the female partner may have multiple partners
- Polyandry in IndiaPolyandry in India refers to the practice of polyandry, whereby a woman has two or more hu
- Polyandry in TibetPolyandry is a marital arrangement in which a woman has several husbands. In Tibet, those
- PolyfidelityForm of non-monogamy
- PolygamyMarriage to more than one spouse
- Posthumous marriageMarriage in which at least one of the wed parties is deceased
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- Same-sex relationshipRomantic or sexual relationship between people of the same sex or gender
- Sex and Repression in Savage Society1927 anthropology book by Malinowski
- Sexual repressionPsychological state
- SiblingOne of two or more individuals having at least one parent in common
- Singles eventEvent intended to facilitate romantic relationships
- SisterFemale sibling
- Social Bonding and Nurture Kinship2012 book by Maximilian Holland
- Sororate marriageHusband marrying the sister of his wife
- SpousePartner in a marriage or similar union
- Status symbolObject that denotes one's social position
- StepfamilyFamily where one parent has children that are not genetically related to the other parent
- Sudanese kinshipKinship system used to define family