HyperDic: kinship

English > 2 senses of the word *kinship*:
NOUN	relation	kinship, affinity	a close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or character
NOUN	relation	kinship, family relationship, relationship	(anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption

kinship > pronunciation
Sounds	kih'nshih.p
Rhymes	acquaintanceship ... zip / ZIP: 103 rhymes with ihp...

English > *kinship*: 2 senses > noun 1, relation
Meaning	A close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or character.
Examples	"felt a deep kinship with the other students" "anthropology's kinship with the humanities"
Synonym	affinity
Narrower	rapport, resonance	A relationship of mutual understanding or trust and agreement between people
Narrower	sympathy	A relation of affinity or harmony between people
Broader	relation	An abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together
Spanish	afinidad, relación
Catalan	afinitat

English > *kinship*: 2 senses > noun 2, relation
Meaning	(anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption.
Synonyms	family relationship, relationship
Category	anthropology	The social science that studies the origins / origins and social relationships of human beings
Narrower	affinity	(anthropology) kinship by marriage or adoption
	affinity, phylogenetic relation	(biology) state of relationship between organisms or groups of organisms resulting in resemblance in structure or structural parts
	brotherhood	The kinship relation between a male offspring and the siblings
	consanguinity, blood kinship, cognation	(anthropology) related by blood
	descent, line of descent, lineage, filiation	The kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors
	fatherhood, paternity	The kinship relation between an offspring and the father
	marital relationship, marital bed	The relationship between wife and husband
	motherhood, maternity	The kinship relation between an offspring and the mother
	parentage, birth	The kinship relation of an offspring to the parents
	sisterhood, sistership	The kinship relation between a female offspring and the siblings
Broader	relation	An abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together
Spanish	parentesco, parentezco, relación familiar, relación
Catalan	parentesc, parentiu
Nouns	kin	group of people related by blood or marriage
Nouns	kin	a person having kinship / kinship with another or others

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