Definition of Multilineal. Meaning of Multilineal. Synonyms of Multilineal

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Definition of Multilineal

Multilineal
Multilineal Mul`ti*lin"e*al, a. [Multi- + lineal.] Having many lines. --Steevens.

Meaning of Multilineal from wikipedia

- Multilineal evolution is a 20th-century social theory about the evolution of societies and cultures. It is composed of many competing theories by various...
- Bilateral descent is a system of family lineage in which the relatives on the mother's side and father's side are equally important for emotional ties...
- humankind as a single entity. However, most 20th-century approaches, such as multilineal evolution, focused on changes specific to individual societies. Moreover...
- expanded upon to create newer, contemporary social theories such as multilineal theories of evolution (neoevolutionism, sociobiology, theory of modernization...
- after c. 1450. In contrast to NWY, lineage, and descent are largely multilineal and cognatic, and the division of titles into war and civil is unknown...
- monotheismmoral panicmoresmortality rate — multiculturalismmultilineal evolutionmultinational corporationmurder nation state — nationalism...
- Victorian idea of progress rather than the idea of non-directional, multilineal cultural change proposed by later anthropologists. Tylor also theorized...
- student, Julian Steward developed theories of "cultural ecology" and "multilineal evolution". Nevertheless, Boas has had an enduring influence on anthropology...
- the unequal economic conditions present within industrialized Europe. Multilineal evolution Social Darwinism World-systems theory Orthogenesis "Ron Bolender"...
- model at left, all cultures progress through set stages, while in the multilineal evolution model at right, distinctive culture histories are emphasized...