: the quality or state of being kin : relationship
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He feels a strong kinship with other survivors of the war.
feelings of kinship between the team's players and their fans
Recent Examples of kinship from the Web
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But Corot’s stirring account of a group of trees asserts instead a kinship—he the painter, and they the trees, are co-existing phenomena in a Republic.
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There’s always a chance, however small, that the conservative bloc might be voted out in the next election cycle and be replaced by politicians who feel more kinship with Jacobs and his ilk.
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The kinship between sports and mentorship is seemingly conjoined at the hip.
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Do the trials shared by these young men forge true spiritual kinship?
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The Conners, like most families, thrived on the theatre of kinship: its ceremonial arguments, its tender heart-to-hearts, and its awkward and hard-fought routes to empathy.
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Closing credits dedicate the film to the late white-boy bluesman, but what kinship that quick-witted, impossibly cool songwriter might have with this schlock is anyone's guess.
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Publicly slighting millions of NRA members, and the many more millions who feel some tribal kinship with them, is unlikely to be good for any such business.
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Their ideological kinship on foreign policy issues also quickly became apparent.
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Origin and Etymology of kinship
kinship Synonyms
Synonyms
affinity, association, bearing, connection, liaison, linkage, relation, relationship;
Related Words
materiality, pertinence, relevance;
alikeness, community, likeness, resemblance, similarity;
accordance, agreement, conformity, congruity, correspondence;
Other Anthropology Terms
KINSHIP Defined for English Language Learners
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: the state of being related to the people in your family
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: a feeling of being close or connected to other people
KINSHIP Defined for Kids
: the quality or state of being related
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