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matrilocal
Updated on 04/19/2018
adj.
denoting a living arrangement in which a married couple resides with or in proximity to the wife’s mother or relatives, or a culture in which this is the norm. Also called
uxorilocal
. Compare
neolocal
;
patrilocal
.
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