lineages

noun

Definition of lineagesnext
plural of lineage
1
as in ancestries
the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended his Italian lineage was very important to him

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2
as in families
a group of persons who come from the same ancestor it is now generally accepted that the lineage of Thomas Jefferson includes black as well as white members

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  1. families
  2. tribes
  3. clans
  4. origins
Noun
  • Magda Teter Jewish Middlemen, Archival Myopia The story of two Jewish trading families during the last decades of the Regency of Algiers is skewed by being told through the perspectives of only European and American actors.
    Erin Maglaque, The New York Review of Books, 15 Nov. 2024
  • The families in Texas and Connecticut have sparred in court over the liquidation process, with concerns over how the money will be distributed.
    Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of families
Noun
  • Many tribes were critical of NAGPRA for empowering museums to make decisions about whether Indigenous people had valid connections to their ancestors.
    Patricia Failing, ARTnews.com, 21 Oct. 2024
  • The Met and other museums with significant Native American collections are also being criticized for displaying work with descriptions that omit or minimize information about the wars, occupations, massacres, and exploitation that dominated the tribes’ past.
    Patricia Failing, ARTnews.com, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of tribes
Noun
  • Chaos and crime Testing Hamas’ limited capabilities is the reemergence of armed gangs and clans, who held sway in Gaza before 2007.
    Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Oct. 2024
  • Dungeons & Dragons taught fantasy fans to understand orcs as a fusion of racist tropes, combining a barbaric other and a vaguely native people of tribes and clans.
    Caitlin PenzeyMoog, Vox, 7 Oct. 2024
Definition of clans
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  • Describing 2019’s Joker as a breath of fresh air somehow seems wrong considering its disturbing air, but in a world where superhero movies are starting to blur into one another, director’s Todd Phillips take on the origins story of the Crown Prince of Crime was engrossing different.
    Benny Har-Even, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The series explores the history of the ‘Madden’ video game, including the origins of Electronic Arts and the efforts to convince John Madden to come onboard.
    Katcy Stephan, Variety, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of origins
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lineages

lineal

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“Lineages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lineages. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.

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