Meaning of familialism | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An ideology that prioritizes the family by advocating a welfare system that assumes that households, not the state, take responsibility for the care of their members.
   uncountable, usually
2. A cultural value that emphasizes the importance of close family relationships, such as prioritizing the needs of the family higher than that of individuals.
   uncountable, usually

Examples

“However, I chose to refer⟳ to this model⟳ as “implicit maternalism” instead of “supported familialism” to emphasize the implicit social and political understanding that mothers instead of fathers (or “families”) perform⟳ the bulk of care work⟳.”

“First, Latinas were expected to have⟳ higher familialism than European Americans.”

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