moiety

Japanese: moiety
moiety

…a social organization or state in which a society is organized by two mutually complementary subgroups. Usually, when a society is composed of two categories, clans, lineages, local communities, etc., each subgroup is called a "moiety," so a "bipartite organization" is also called a "moiety division." "Moiety" is a term derived from the French word "moitié," and simply means a division into two.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "moiety" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…一つの社会が二つの部分集団によって相互補完的に組織されている社会組織もしくはその状態をいう。通常,社会が二つのカテゴリー・氏族・リネージ・地域社会などからなる場合,それぞれの部分集団を〈半族moiety〉というので,〈双分組織〉は別名〈半族分割moiety division〉とも称する。〈moiety〉とはフランス語の〈moitié〉に由来する用語で,たんに二分割を意味している。…

※「moiety」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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