twinship
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- noun
- /ˈtwɪnʃɪp/
- The twinship between Mia and Lucy is evident in their similar personalities and shared interests.
- twinship and birth
- nature of twinship
- understanding of twinship
Examples
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Earlier approaches to the study of twinship in Africa clearly fall outside these current disciplinary concerns.
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I must amend your broken twinship.
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There are several benefits of re-examining twinship in Africa.
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Often, where there are traditions involving animal familiars, the relationship is expressed in terms of twinship.
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What does the continuing importance of twinship say about the nature of personhood in a highly stratified society?
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Finally, the expanding category of single twinship is associated with conceptions of personhood.
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Traditionally, much of the literature on twinship in Africa has focused on the aura of abnormality that surrounded twins.
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Much anthropological literature for sub-Saharan Africa has explored twinship as culturally exceptional and paradoxical.
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Growing up in the same household, their twinship created a special bond that was unbreakable.
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The researchers studied the effects of twinship on emotional development in children.
Synonyms
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Feeling close to someone over time
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A close feeling between people who are related
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Being born at the same time as another person or looking very like them
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Etymology
Twinship joins twin ('two people born together') and the ending -ship ('state or quality'), the same ending in friendship. So, twinship means the special state or close bond that twins have.