The Emergence Machine

Widow

relation · Level 9 · E9

E9Cultures

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Emergence definition

A person's social status resulting from their spouse's death, which is a consequence of marriage and the societal norms surrounding it, and is marked by the absence of remarriage.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Historical origin

Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL9L8L7L6L2L1L0WidowDeathMarriageFamilyGroupReproduction… intermediate l…FormLifeProcessStructureActionChangeCollectionMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesWidowL9DeathL8MarriageL8E1 concrete → E14 abstract

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Death L8 (requires)
    Widowhood is a social status resulting from a spouse's death
  • Marriage L8 (requires)
    A widow is a person whose spouse has died and who has not remarried