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Definition of Extended family
1. Noun. A family consisting of the nuclear family and their blood relatives.
Definition of Extended family
1. Noun. a family consisting of parents and children, along with either grandparents, grandchildren, aunts or uncles, cousins etc ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Extended family
1. A group of persons comprising members of several generations united by blood, adoptive, marital or equivalent ties. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Extended Family
Literary usage of Extended family
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Calcutta Review by University of Calcutta (1844)
"Though there are variations in different societies on the composition of the
extended family, the following factors are probably common : a) People of three ..."
2. Empowering Families, Helping Adolescents: Family-Centered Treatment of edited by Wendy Snyder (1998)
"Therefore, when faced with this extended family system, therapists quickly become
overwhelmed and ineffective. For many traditionally trained service ..."
3. Public Attitudes in Contemporary South Africa: Insights from an Hsrc Survey by Human Sciences Research Council (2002)
"extended family members Respondents were asked to provide information about
whether they had contact with members of their extended families, ..."
4. Treatment Services for Adolescent Substance Abusers by Alfred S. Friedman (1998)
"The larger groups of extended family or networks usually meet together for only
a few sessions to work out such specific problems as planning for reentry ..."
5. What Holds Us Together: Social Cohesion in South Africa by David Chidester, Philip Dexter (2004)
"It will become an extended family when the children are born and revert to a ...
The extended family pattern is therefore marked by only two household types ..."
6. Gender, Land and Livelihoods in East Africa: Through Farmers' Eyes by Ritu Verma (2001)
"People can, however, turn to other types of relations as channels of access to
resources, such as extended family relations. extended family relations ..."
7. A Hispanic edited by Jose Szapocznik (1998)
"Similarly, among Hispanic/Latinos, extended-family members such as uncles and
... Life Context The life context of the family includes the extended family, ..."
8. Ageing and Long-Term Care: National Policies in the Asia-Pacific by David R. Phillips, Alfred C. M. Chan, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (2002)
"The proportion of nuclear families showed an increase, while extended family
types declined, albeit very gradually. In terms of marital status and gender, ..."
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