blood right
Claim through ancestry
Blood right is an entitlement or privilege claimed through lineage or ancestry rather than individual merit or achievement.
The term appears in discussions of hereditary succession, citizenship, or membership: He claimed the throne by blood right.
It often carries overtones of privilege or exclusion—the idea that birth alone confers status others cannot earn.
- birthrightEntitlement from origin
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- family treeChart of ancestors
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
dynasty · primogeniture · line of succession · heir · succession · ancestry · throne · entitlement · kinship · legacy · noble · born into · claim · descendant · next of kin · firstborn · royal · covenant
blood rightsocial mobility
Movement between societal strata
egalitarianism · open society · classlessness · American Dream · self-determination
blood rightself-determination
Control over one's fate
social mobility · equal opportunity · merit system · naturalization · adoption
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