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  • noun anthropology Living together, sharing a residence, as of an adult child with a parent.

Etymologies

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From co- +‎ residence.

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Examples

  • Robert C. - H. Shell clearly situates slaves in colonial households, but does not consider the extent of settler coresidence, or the presence of Khoisan servants in Children of Bondage, 303 – 304.

    Belongings: Property, Family, and Identity in Colonial South Africa 2008

  • A striking passage from "Intergenerational Transfers and Inheritance":A large and growing difference exists between Germany and Italy in rates of coresidence of young adults with their parents.

    EconLog: Family Economics Archives 2010

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