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kin group

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Noun1.kin groupkin group - group of people related by blood or marriage
clan, kindred, kinship group, kin, tribe
social group - people sharing some social relation
mishpachah, mishpocha - (Yiddish) the entire family network of relatives by blood or marriage (and sometimes close friends); "she invited the whole mishpocha"
family unit, family - primary social group; parents and children; "he wanted to have a good job before starting a family"
folks - your parents; "he wrote to his folks every day"
family tree, genealogy - successive generations of kin
totem - a clan or tribe identified by their kinship to a common totemic object
Tribes of Israel, Twelve Tribes of Israel - twelve kin groups of ancient Israel each traditionally descended from one of the twelve sons of Jacob
relative, relation - a person related by blood or marriage; "police are searching for relatives of the deceased"; "he has distant relations back in New Jersey"
clan member, clansman, clanswoman - a member of a clan
tribesman - someone who lives in a tribe


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First, there has been a general fragmentation of the extended kin group and an associated loss of the traditional practices of cooperation and exchange that produced strong intra- and inter-group allegiances.
The New Shape of Old Island Cultures: A Half Century of Social Change ... by Lowe, Edward D. / Pacific Affairs
These roles include self-motivated individuals, kin group members, non-kin collectives, political and social elites, religiously motivated individuals and groups, traders and foreigners.
Cloth, Dress and Art Patronage in Africa by Spencer, Anne M. / African Arts
The term had a very narrow meaning in its original statement, referring only to the fact that marriages in the modern west usually took place between individuals from larger kin groups whose sole link to one another was through that one marriage bond.
The European Family. (Reviews) by Lynch, Katherine A. / Journal of Social History
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