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
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
On the flip side, by Day 5 on my own, I am sad and lonely, particularly if there were no intervening school events, sports games, or joint family outings.
From Slate ● Jun. 13, 2017
There they boarded the Sunspot, a beautiful thirty-foot sailing ketch with auxiliary engine which Mr. Swift and Mr. Newton had purchased for a frequently promised but not yet realized joint family vacation.
From Tom Swift and The Visitor from Planet X by Victor [pseud.] Appleton
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