kinterm

English

Etymology

From kin +‎ term.

Noun

kinterm (plural kinterms)

1. (anthropology) A term used to describe one or more kintypes.
   • 2022, David B. Kronenfeld, Types of Kinship Terminological Systems and How to Analyze Them, page 23:

     The remaining terms can be defined either by a chain of kintypes or by a succession of kinterm equivalences.