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suprafamilial

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Of a level of society higher than family.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • 1988, D. Blair Gibson, M.N. Geselowitz, Tribe and Polity in Late Prehistoric Europe, Springer, Softcover reprint, page 47, All pastoral and agro-pastoral societies have some form of suprafamilial and often supralocal political structure, and all are marked by some form of social inequality.

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adj

Meaning 2

Whose taxonomic level is higher than family.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: biology, natural-sciences, taxonomy

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History

Etymology

From supra- + familial.