The Emergence Machine

Aunt

relation · kinship · Level 9 · E11

E11Organizations

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Emergence definition

A woman who is the sister of one's parent, or the wife of one's uncle, emerges as a unique family relationship that extends the supportive environment of the family, by adding a female perspective and connection to the individual's lineage.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “aunt” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “aunt”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
aunt
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL9L8L7L6L2L1L0AuntWomanFamilyPersonBodyGroupReproduction… intermediate l…FormLifeProcessStructureActionChangeCollectionMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

thisprerequisitesAuntL9FamilyL7WomanL8E1 concrete → E14 abstract

In other languages

  • aunt English primary

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Family L7 (requires) Sociology sense
    An aunt is a family relationship
  • Woman L8 (requires)
    An aunt is female