unclehood

noun

unclehood

noun

Etymology From uncle + -hood.

1

the state of being an uncle

  • If he lives in a society which has established unclehood as a centrally significant institution (not ours, to be sure, but most matrilineal societies)...2003, Richard W Budd, Interdisciplinary approaches to human communication:
Synonyms
uncledom

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