filiality
8.6
Respect and care that a son or daughter shows to their parents
- noun
- /ˌfɪliˈælɪti/
:
filialidad
- He demonstrated his filiality by always supporting his mother during difficult times.
Examples
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A tale of father/daughter filiality, love of husband and wife, and the constancy of friends.
Blog text (9) -
Will you abandon them, out of a false sense of duty of filiality?
Fiction book (1991) -
Her filiality was evident in the way she cared for her aging parents.
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The family's strong sense of filiality made them prioritize visits to their grandparents.
Synonyms
loyalty
vsfiliality
503
1.3
Strong and lasting support for a person, group, or idea
is about respectful care and duty toward one's parents specifically
fidelity
vsfiliality
35
4.9
Loyalty to a person, promise, or duty
applies specifically to respecting and caring for one's parents
filial love
vsfiliality
1
4.4
A child's deep love for their parents
focuses on respectful care and duties rather than just affection
Antonyms
How Respectful
Surface Forms
filiality singular
filialities plural
Morphology
Etymology
Filiality comes from the Latin words filius ('son') and filia ('daughter'), so it is about a child's love and respect for their parents.