joint family
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of joint family
First recorded in 1875–80
Example Sentences
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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
His mother later told me that she and K.’s father hoped to live there with their sons and their wives and eventual children, as a traditional Indian joint family.
From New York Times ● Dec. 7, 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
As long as a single tribe or joint family was concerned, every householder or head of family got his fair share according to his rank.
From The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom by Thomson, Basil
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