consanguineal
- adjective
- /ˌkɒn.sæŋ.ɡwɪˈniː.əl/
- Specialized
:
consanguíneo
- In many cultures, it is common for consanguineal relatives to support each other during difficult times.
- consanguineal kin
- consanguineal relative
- consanguineal ties
Examples
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At the family reunion, the consanguineal ties between the siblings were evident in their shared stories and laughter.
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The consanguineal bond among family members often dictates their responsibilities towards one another.
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From the male point of view, everyday life is best lived with close consanguineal kin as one's neighbors.
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Women say that they can give rice to their husbands' nieces, for example, because they share consanguineal ties to her children, being their cousins.
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On another level, both affinal and consanguineal kin ties connected the individual farmers involved in the action.
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Here, Alice attempts a consanguineal financial arrangement, one at odds with and independent of her romantic or marital interests.
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The women have also changed the rules, giving exclusively to younger persons and sometimes ignoring the traditional consanguineal basis for forming affinal links.
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Since longhouses were generally occupied by consanguineal males and their families, co-residence in them implies common blood ties.
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In Trollope's fiction, consanguineal debt between siblings or cousins stands as a model for the potential tensions of marital debt in this period.
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In societies in which men must find work through short- or long-term emigration, consanguineal households have arisen that contain no married pair.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
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1.8
Connected by blood or marriage
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4.5
Related by blood rather than by adoption or marriage
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5.1
Related to another person by blood, like a cousin or sibling
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4.1
Born into the same family, not connected by marriage or adoption
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4.6
Being related to someone by blood or marriage
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9.9
People who share the same ancestor and are related by blood
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6.8
Related because they come from the same origin
People who have the same blood, like brothers or cousins
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
consanguineal = consanguine (opaque) = con + sanguine + al
If a learner knows the rare noun 'consanguine', the suffix '-al' fairly clearly forms an adjective meaning 'relating to blood kin'.
Etymology
The word consanguineal comes from the Latin parts con- meaning 'with' and sanguis meaning 'blood', so it literally means 'with blood' and describes people who are related by blood.