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metronymic

noun as in surname

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Her forehand was clean and metronymic, her backhand powerful and poised.

Strictly speaking, therefore, there has never been a matriarchal stage of social evolution, but rather a maternal or metronymic stage.

The Iroquois Indians, among whom Morgan lived, were a typical maternal or metronymic people.

Among many tribes of the North American Indians this metronymic or maternal system was peculiarly well-developed.

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