clanship
- noun
- /ˈklænʃɪp/
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clanismo
- The lungs train official matters; the spleen matches making acquaintances; the liver institutes clanships; the kidneys settle dwellings.
Examples
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In many cultures, strong clanship fosters a sense of duty to support relatives in times of need.
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Clanship plays a vital role in maintaining cultural identity and heritage within the community.
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Before I could ask if this clanship extended to sisters, he had started revealing the key to a poet's career.
Fiction book (1990) -
This produces a social field of personal obligations distinct from clanship.
Academic text (1990) -
They have moral authority and a ritual mediatory function based on hereditary clanship, but lack executive powers or the right to impose strong sanctions (Abbink 1997).
Academic text (1999) -
The traditional clanship among the tribes ensured that everyone looked after their neighbors and shared resources.
Synonyms
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3.2
Feeling that you belong and are close to other people in a group
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4.0
A strong feeling of connection between people or groups who share similar interests
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7.0
A strong loyalty and shared way of life in a small social group
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9.2
An idea that people put their ethnic or religious group before the whole society
A habit of staying close to a small group and avoiding outsiders
A close group of people who know and support each other
A feeling of sharing and support among people in a group
Antonyms
How Loyal
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word clanship comes from the old Gaelic word clann, meaning 'children' or 'family', and the ending -ship, as in friendship, which shows a 'state' or 'quality'. So, clanship is the feeling or system of belonging to a family group and the strong loyalty that comes with it.