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affiliation

affiliation

95 3.9
A connection with a group, organization or person
  • noun
  • /əˌfɪliˈeɪʃən/
translation icon : afiliación
  • Her long-standing affiliation with the charity has benefited many in need.
  • religious affiliation
  • political affiliation
  • party affiliation

So they must feel some affiliation, some reluctance to just kill us.

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Examples

  • Mrs. Manion, what is your religious affiliation?

  • State your name, address, and affiliation, please.

  • So the area that I moved to had no form of affiliation to anything.

  • I have no affiliation here beyond people.

  • Why should party affiliation influence my actions?

  • Figures show that levels of union affiliation and activity reached a high in 1986.

    Academic text (1999)
  • To be considered for the nomination, he recently changed his party affiliation to Republican.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • It will include both Republicans and Democrats and people of no party affiliation.

  • I use my MIT e-mail affiliation, just put MIT and a password.

  • What's your party affiliation?

Synonyms

connection
vsaffiliation
1.9

A relationship between people, things, ideas, or events

is used for membership or group links rather than any general relation
alliance
vsaffiliation
832 4.0

A formal agreement between countries or groups to work together

is a simple group connection not necessarily a formal cooperative pact
tie
vsaffiliation
325 2.4

A connection that people have with family or friends

is a group or organizational bond without emotional or business emphasis
association
vsaffiliation
131 3.0

A connection between people, groups, or things, often from working together

is a formal or organizational bond rather than casual social contact
linkage
vsaffiliation
26 3.9

A connection between things, for example air pollution and disease

is about belonging to a group rather than the act of joining things
tie-up
vsaffiliation
1 4.4

A connection between people or groups to work together

is a lasting formal bond with a group rather than a short arrangement

Antonyms

89 2.6

The process of moving apart or staying apart

1 8.0

Ending membership or connection with a group

How Connected

integration
47 4.0
alliance
832 4.0
partnership
214 2.7
affiliation
95 3.9
association
131 3.0
connection
1.9

Surface Forms

affiliation singular
affiliations plural

Morphology

affiliation = affiliate (transparent) = affiliate + ion

Standard nominalization of the verb 'affiliate' with '-ion', yielding the meaning 'a connection or association'.

Etymology

Affiliation comes from Latin parts ad- ('to') and filius ('son'), so it originally meant making someone 'a son' or bringing them into a family. That's why an affiliate or an affiliation is a close connection or membership with a group, like being part of a family.