Kinship (Noun)
Meaning 1
A close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or character; "found a natural affinity with the immigrants"; "felt a deep kinship with the other students"; "anthropology's kinship with the humanities".
Classification
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas.
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Meaning 2
(anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption.
Classification
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas.
Examples
- Understanding kinship ties is essential in anthropology to study family relationships and social organization in different cultures.
- In many societies, kinship is determined by blood relations such as descent from a common ancestor.
- The concept of kinship varies significantly across cultures, influencing everything from inheritance to marriage rules.
- The anthropologist spent years studying the complex systems of kinship in Aboriginal Australian communities.
- The kinship tie between siblings is often considered one of the strongest in many societies, lasting a lifetime.
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- Blood Kinship
- Filiation
- Birth
- Phylogenetic Relation
- Line Of Descent
- Maternity
- Sistership
- Paternity
- Marital Bed
- Cognation
- Lineage