KINSHIP

affinity, kinship

(noun) 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”

kinship, family relationship, relationship

(noun) (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

kinship (countable and uncountable, plural kinships)

relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption

relation or connection by nature or character

Anagrams

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Source: Wiktionary


Kin"ship, n.

Definition: Family relationship.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

24 May 2025

EARTHSHAKING

(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”


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Coffee Trivia

Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.

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