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polylineality

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

The quality of having or being composed of many lines.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • Despite the fact that many family lines contribute to the continuance of a lineage by means of marriages across time, any attempt to base a reckoning of descent upon a principle of polylineality would inevitably destroy the human lineage and throw the structure of society into a confusion by utterly obscuring the essential distinctions between the various lineages of which society is composed.

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History

Etymology

From polylineal + -ity.