walking marriage

noun

In Mosuo culture, a relationship in which the partners do not live in the same household, and their children are raised by their mothers and the families of the mothers.

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Meanings

nounwalking marriage (plural walking marriages)

plural walking marriages

  1. anthropologyIn Mosuo culture, a relationship in which the partners do not live in the same household, and their children are raised by their mothers and the families of the mothers.
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