kinshipgrouping
nounUK /ˈkɪnʃɪp ˌɡruːpɪŋ/
US /ˈkɪnʃɪp ˌɡruːpɪŋ/
A group of people who are related to each other.
The whole kinship grouping gathered for the family reunion.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. The way relatives are organized into groups in a society.
Anthropologists studied the kinship grouping of the village.
3. A category of relatives who share a common ancestor.
Each kinship grouping traced its roots to a different founder.
4. The act of arranging people according to family ties.
The census used kinship grouping to sort the households.