joint family

American  

noun

1. a type of extended family composed of parents, their children, and the children's spouses and offspring in one household.

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Etymology

Origin of joint family

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

These drama kings and queens of the novel are a chameleonic joint family of disjoint motives.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026

A joint family statement identified the victims as Karenna Groff, her parents Dr Michael Groff and Dr Joy Saini, her brother Jared Groff and his partner Alexia Couyutas Duarte, and Karenna's partner James Santoro.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2025

He soothed Philip Guston over a negative review during a joint family birthday lunch.

From New York Times • Sep. 23, 2022

Without exception, nuclear families headed by men got the money, undermining the joint family system and the status of women, who had previously played an important role in making key economic decisions.

From Scientific American • Mar. 25, 2020

Hence the Hindu joint family system which keeps the whole property of the family as well as the governance of all its members under the sole control of the head of the family.

From India, Old and New by Chirol, Valentine, Sir