kinship
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4.0
- noun
- /ˈkɪnˌʃɪp/
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- Leo advises that these men be placed in squads based on kinship and friendship with a good mix of old and young men.
- kinship network
- kinship ties
- kinship bond
I just, I don't want to bet on finding a kinship elsewhere.
- I just, I don't want to bet on finding a kinship elsewhere.
- I feel a strange amount of kinship to it, if you will.
- Oh, so they struck up this kinship based on on that, you know.
- I think gold and Bitcoin have a kinship in, in that it can be used that way.
- And as a fellow PhD scientist, I feel a great kinship with you.
- I think he, like me, we have a kind of kinship because I think we're both like undiagnosed ADHD.
- And we can all sit here and look up at the night sky and say, yes, we have kinship with the cosmos.
- I just felt that I had lost my kinship with the writer or the showrunner.
- To me, in our own little way, it was like a kinship.
- more so influencer brands because like, you know, I feel a kinship there. Kind of. It's odd and weird, but I mean
- So let's think about kinship and variation as the most fundamental structure of the sound, the theory.
- I, I read that book the Invisible Man and I understood, I felt a kinship to that, but we are the invisible people.
- And she felt a kind of kinship or familiarity with with as she's she's going into it and her writing process reflects that too.
- I feel a deep kinship and love for Ursula K Le Guin and Iron Banks, these two great utopian writers.
- The problem with kinship is that while it's a very solid attachment, it's also an irritant.
Examples
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I feel a strong kinship with those who share my passion for art.
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I feel a kinship with these creatures.
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So there is kinship among them.
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I feel a strange amount of kinship to it, if you will.
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But more than that, I thought, I want to meet this guy and I think that we would have kinship of some sort.
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You know, I just always felt a kind of a kinship to him.
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Well, I certainly felt kinship with Marsha, having known her.
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And we can all sit here and look up at the night sky and say, yes, we have kinship with the cosmos.
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You know, I feel a special kinship with Gogol more than with any other writer.
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Staff renewal has fostered a new kinship among the teachers and between the teachers and the administration.
Academic text (1990)
Synonyms
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1.6
A family connection by blood, marriage, or adoption
157
2.7
A likeness between things that makes them seem related
131
3.0
A connection between people, groups, or things, often from working together
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5.6
A natural liking for people, things, or ideas
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3.3
A feeling of close support and loyalty between people
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4.6
A quality that people or things share
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3.2
Feeling that you belong and are close to other people in a group
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2.8
A close connection between people with trust and care
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3.4
A strong feeling of closeness between people or toward a place
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3.4
A deep, lasting connection between people or animals
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5.5
How closely people or things connect to each other
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5.9
A connection where two or more things affect each other
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3.9
A connection between people or animals that shows how they interact
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7.8
A strong friendship and trust that makes people help each other
A natural closeness between people or things that share the same qualities
The fact of being similar in how something looks or behaves
People or things that seem very similar to each other
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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7.5
A culture's rules and words that show who is family and their duties
A family link between people who are related by birth, not by marriage or adoption
How Close
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Kinship comes from kin meaning 'family' or 'people like you' and the ending -ship meaning 'state' or 'quality', like in friendship. So a sense of kinship between people or things is a feeling of close connection or similarity.