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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or character;
- Example: "found a natural affinity with the immigrants"
- Example: "felt a deep kinship with the other students"
- Example: "anthropology's kinship with the humanities"
[syn: affinity, kinship]

2. (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption;
[syn: kinship, family relationship, relationship]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Kinship \Kin"ship\, n.
   Family relationship.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

kinship
    n 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" [syn: affinity, kinship]
    2: (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage
       or adoption [syn: kinship, family relationship,
       relationship]