The Emergence Machine

Wife

relation · kinship · Level 9 · E11

E11Organizations

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Emergence definition

A person, with a body and a life, who is bound to another person through the institution of marriage, which is a social construct that arises from the organization of family and societal norms, thereby establishing a specific relational role within a domestic unit.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
wife
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL9L8L7L6L2L1L0WifeMarriageFamilyPersonBodyGroupReproduction… intermediate l…FormLifeProcessStructureActionChangeCollectionMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesDowryL10Bride PriceL16WifeL9PersonL7MarriageL8E1 concrete → E14 abstract

In other languages

  • wife English primary

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Person L7 (requires)
    A wife is a person
  • Marriage L8 (requires)
    Wife is defined by the institution of marriage

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