Unclehood

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    the state of being an uncle uncountable

    "If he lives in a society which has established unclehood as a centrally significant institution (not ours, to be sure, but most matrilineal societies)..."

Synonyms

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uncledomuncledom

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"If he lives in a society which has established unclehood as a centrally significant institution (not ours, to be sure, but most matrilineal societies)..."

Etymology

From uncle + -hood.

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