Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The religious doctrines and practices of the Familists. See Familist, 1.
  • noun The tendency to live in families; that system of society which is founded on the family.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The tenets of the Familists.

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  • noun A form of social structure in which the needs of the family as a group are more important than the needs of any individual family member.

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Examples

  • The whole point of amoral familism is that among many of the world’s ethnic groups honesty to those with whom one does not have close kinship ties is not normal and accepted behavior.

    Amoral Familism And Baby Formula 2008

  • The whole point of amoral familism is that among many of the world’s ethnic groups honesty to those with whom one does not have close kinship ties is not normal and accepted behavior.

    VDARE.com: Blog Articles » Print » Amoral Familism And Baby Formula 2008

  • The whole point of amoral familism is that among many of the world’s ethnic groups honesty to those with whom one does not have close kinship ties is not normal and accepted behavior.

    Peter Brimelow and Ed Rubenstein On AM Radio In A.M.–7:30–9:00 AM EST 2008

  • Policies like the Australian baby bonus are termed "familism," as they are clearly designed to increase the number of children.

    The Case for Paid Family Leave 2009

  • Curiously, googling on this does not any more succinct definition: this is the clearest, but it does not address the fact that amoral familism could well be a highly viable social strategy when most of the rest of the population behaves otherwise.

    The Jeremiah Munsen/Jena 6 Atrocity: Who, whom? 2008

  • Curiously, googling on this does not any more succinct definition: this is the clearest, but it does not address the fact that amoral familism could well be a highly viable social strategy when most of the rest of the population behaves otherwise.

    Asian Expediency Again 2008

  • Americans, who in general do not practice amoral familism, are easily driven from entire sectors of our economy by those more conscious of their ethnic interests.

    Peter Brimelow and Ed Rubenstein On AM Radio In A.M.–7:30–9:00 AM EST 2008

  • Curiously, googling on this does not any more succinct definition: this is the clearest, but it does not address the fact that amoral familism could well be a highly viable social strategy when most of the rest of the population behaves otherwise.

    VDARE.com: Blog Articles » Print » Asian Expediency Again 2008

  • Cleburne also perceived immigration-driven amoral familism at the expense of Americans in the selective persecution of American teenagers by (unwelcome, to this American at least) Korean import and U.S. government lawyer Grace Chung Becker

    VDARE.com: Blog Articles » Print » Amoral Familism And Baby Formula 2008

  • Americans, who in general do not practice amoral familism, are easily driven from entire sectors of our economy by those more conscious of their ethnic interests.

    Amoral Familism And Baby Formula 2008

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  • The tendency of a family to cohere as a group. (from Phrontistery)

    May 24, 2008