The Emergence Machine

Spouse

relation · Level 9 · E10

E10Institutions

Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

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Emergence definition

A spouse emerges from the intersection of marriage and law, where a formal social and legal commitment is established between two individuals, binding them together in a recognized union.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL9L8L7L6L2L1L0SpouseMarriageFamilyGroupLawReproduction… intermediate l…ForceFormLandLifeActionChangeCollectionMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesSpouseL9LawL6MarriageL8E1 concrete → E14 abstract

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Law L6 (requires) polysemous
    A spouse is bound by a formal social and legal commitment
  • Marriage L8 (requires)
    A spouse is a person's partner in marriage