descent
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- noun
- /dɪˈsɛnt/
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ascendencia
- Margaret MacInnis Markhasin is an American woman of mixed European descent, married to a Soviet-born Canadian.
- of African descent
- of European descent
- people of European descent
He was a wrestler, he was of Russian Jewish descent and highly intelligent.
- He was a wrestler, he was of Russian Jewish descent and highly intelligent.
- How many Grammys did somebody of New Zealand descent win?
- So my father, both my parents are of Indian descent.
- But actually it affects pupils of Caribbean descent.
- Like it's people of Asian descent as well who are harmed by the, some of these DEI policies.
- But Red is this young incredible kid from from Morocco, London, of Moroccan descent.
- Kamau has a Kenyan name though, and I don't know what his genetic descent is, but probably W African, not East African.
- However, in America, we often think of Asian Americans as people who might look more like me or are of East Asian descent.
- Now, most people out there of non Caucasian descent are going to think that that was racial profiling because that kind of stuff happens.
- I met a, a Polish girl, American American girl, Polish descent, and that's who I'm married to now.
- There's a fair share of Asians in American, you know, Asian descent.
Examples
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People of African-Caribbean descent are more likely to suffer from a stroke compared with the general population.
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So I was born in the South and my family, like so many families of African American descent, migrated to the North.
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Are you of Spanish descent?
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King Arthur said that you claim descent from a king of Britain.
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Joey was a guy of Polish descent.
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Five girls of African American descent agreed to participate in the Girls Circle and related study.
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You are clearly of Afro-Caribbean descent.
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Mr. Haden was of Middle Eastern descent.
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He was of Arab African descent and he later went on to teach at the Turkish Naval Flight School.
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Many Americans can trace their lineage to ancestors of European descent.
Synonyms
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4.1
Family history passed down from your ancestors
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5.6
A series of related people or events over time
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2.3
The family background and country where someone’s family comes from
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4.1
The family you come from over many generations
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4.8
A family line of people or animals related by birth
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5.5
A list of family members who came before you
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5.8
The family or ancestors that someone comes from
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5.3
A record of a person or family's ancestors that shows an important background
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Who a person's mother and father are and their family background
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A person's family origin or social background
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A group of people who are related by birth over many generations
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The people in a family who are related by blood across generations
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A place or culture a person comes from and feels connected to
A family line that shows where a person comes from
A record showing a person's ancestors across generations
A person's family history and ancestors
A quality of being from the same family or racial line, often without mixed ancestry
Compounds
- Specialized
A system that traces family through only the mother's or father's line
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word descent also means family origin and comes from the same Latin parts de- 'down' and scendere 'to climb'. A helpful image is a family tree where each generation goes 'down' from the one before, so descent is your line of ancestors or where your family comes from.