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kinship network

the system of formal and informal relationships that make up an extended family in a given culture or society, typically based on blood ties, marriage, or adoption. The analysis of kinship networks and descent groups in preindustrial societies has been a major concern of cultural anthropology. See also relationship system. Also called kinship system.

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bizarreness effect

bizarreness effect

see distinctiveness effect.