Usually means: Inheritance of traits from mother.
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  1. matrocliny: Collins English Dictionary
  2. matrocliny: Infoplease Dictionary
  3. matrocliny: Dictionary.com
  4. matrocliny: Wiktionary

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  1. matrocliny: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

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▸ noun:  The quality of being matroclinous.

Similar:
patrocliny, matronliness, matricentricity, maternality, matriarchalism, mattedness, menstruousness, maternalness, maternotoxicity, motheriness, more...

Opposite:
patrilineality, patrilocality, patriarchy

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Similar:
patrocliny, matronliness, matricentricity, maternality, matriarchalism, mattedness, menstruousness, maternalness, maternotoxicity, motheriness, more...

Opposite:
patrilineality, patrilocality, patriarchy



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