clanship
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7.7
- noun
- /ˈklænʃɪp/
- The lungs train official matters; the spleen matches making acquaintances; the liver institutes clanships; the kidneys settle dwellings.
Examples
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In many cultures, strong clanship fosters a sense of duty to support relatives in times of need.
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Clanship plays a vital role in maintaining cultural identity and heritage within the community.
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Before I could ask if this clanship extended to sisters, he had started revealing the key to a poet's career.
Fiction book (1990) -
This produces a social field of personal obligations distinct from clanship.
Academic text (1990) -
They have moral authority and a ritual mediatory function based on hereditary clanship, but lack executive powers or the right to impose strong sanctions (Abbink 1997).
Academic text (1999) -
The traditional clanship among the tribes ensured that everyone looked after their neighbors and shared resources.
Synonyms
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3.2
Feeling that you belong and are close to other people in a group
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4.0
A strong feeling of connection between people or groups who share similar interests
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7.0
A strong loyalty and shared way of life in a small social group
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9.2
An idea that people put their ethnic or religious group before the whole society
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5.8
A feeling of sharing and support among people in a group
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8.6
A habit of staying close to a small group and avoiding outsiders
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9.9
A close group of people who know and support each other
Antonyms
How Loyal
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word clanship comes from the old Gaelic word clann, meaning 'children' or 'family', and the ending -ship, as in friendship, which shows a 'state' or 'quality'. So, clanship is the feeling or system of belonging to a family group and the strong loyalty that comes with it.