Kinship
noun
The connection among people who are from the same family or have a similar relationship.
There is a strong kinship between the brothers, despite their differences.
Often appears as...
- strong kinship
- feel kinship
noun
A relationship or connection by blood, marriage or adoption.
Despite their kinship, the two cousins never really got along.
Often appears as...
- kinship ties
- close kinship
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Academic
noun
A similarity or connection between two things or ideas.
They felt a kinship with the other organization due to their shared goals.
Often appears as...
- sense of kinship
- kinship with nature
noun
The connection among people who are from the same family or have a similar relationship.
There is a strong kinship between the brothers, despite their differences.
Often appears as...
- strong kinship
- feel kinship
noun
A relationship or connection by blood, marriage or adoption.
Despite their kinship, the two cousins never really got along.
Often appears as...
- kinship ties
- close kinship
Usage tips
Academic
noun
A similarity or connection between two things or ideas.
They felt a kinship with the other organization due to their shared goals.
Often appears as...
- sense of kinship
- kinship with nature
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Pro Tip 1/2Family Emphasis
Use 'kinship' to stress the importance of family-related connections over just friendship.
She values the kinship with her aunt as a guiding force in her life.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Always Positive
Kinship doesn't always mean a good relationship; it can simply mean a family connection that exists.
Even with their kinship, the siblings harbored resentment towards each other.
Pro Tip 1/2Family Emphasis
Use 'kinship' to stress the importance of family-related connections over just friendship.
She values the kinship with her aunt as a guiding force in her life.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Always Positive
Kinship doesn't always mean a good relationship; it can simply mean a family connection that exists.
Even with their kinship, the siblings harbored resentment towards each other.
Pro Tip 1/2Family Emphasis
Use 'kinship' to stress the importance of family-related connections over just friendship.
She values the kinship with her aunt as a guiding force in her life.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Always Positive
Kinship doesn't always mean a good relationship; it can simply mean a family connection that exists.
Even with their kinship, the siblings harbored resentment towards each other.
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How languages evolve -...
Grammar and syntax are a more reliable guide, as well as basic vocabulary, such as pronouns, numbers or kinship terms, that's less likely to be borrowed. By systematically comparing these features and looking for regular patterns of sound changes and correspondences between languages, linguists can determine relationships,
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Jonathan Haidt: How...
And when you find this in other animals, it's always the same story. They're always all siblings who are children of a single queen, so they're all in the same boat. They rise or fall, they live or die, as one. There's only one species on the planet that can do this without kinship, and that, of course, is us.
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Interview: Tim Flannery...
black and white animal that is considered sacred by the money people up in that area and they say that when they come across the animal it raises its hands in the air like that and whistles goes that sort of noise and they say that's a recognition of kinship and that it is saying I'm your ancestor and they
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How did feathers evolve?...
we now know that birds are living dinosaurs. You can see the kinship in their skeletons. Certain dinosaurs share some anatomical details with birds found in no other animals, such as wish bones. And in the late 1990s, paleontologists started digging up some compelling support for that
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The Power of the Night...
it and the more knowledge you have of the universe the more majestic it is and the more connected you are to it it's not we're here and that's there is that we're here that's there but our atoms and molecules were once there and now they're here so there's a kinship with
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How did Polynesian...
completed a worldwide voyage using only these techniques. If that seems remarkable, remember the ancient Polynesians, who through close study and kinship with nature, were able to forge these paths across an unfathomably vast, vibrant living ocean.
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Boyd Varty: What I...
And that outpouring of emotion from people on our safari trucks as they saw her, it was this sense of kinship. And it reminded me that even people who grow up in cities feel a natural connection with the natural world and with animals.
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Rediscovering ourselves...
sense of kinship with all living things it is time to rediscover ourselves in nature my background is in medicine and psychiatry central to my work is the task of helping my patients to come to
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Susan Sarandon Holds...
a kinship what was the cosmos on its deepest level so meteorites a reminder first that earth moves in a shooting gallery that's my first thought when I think of meteorites because we get hit
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Sasha Sarago: The...
I could reclaim my beauty. To Indigenous women, true beauty came from the traditional roles we upheld, our kinship systems, connection to country and the waterways
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How languages evolve -...
Grammar and syntax are a more reliable guide, as well as basic vocabulary, such as pronouns, numbers or kinship terms, that's less likely to be borrowed. By systematically comparing these features and looking for regular patterns of sound changes and correspondences between languages, linguists can determine relationships,
Video examples
Jonathan Haidt: How...
And when you find this in other animals, it's always the same story. They're always all siblings who are children of a single queen, so they're all in the same boat. They rise or fall, they live or die, as one. There's only one species on the planet that can do this without kinship, and that, of course, is us.
Video examples
Interview: Tim Flannery...
black and white animal that is considered sacred by the money people up in that area and they say that when they come across the animal it raises its hands in the air like that and whistles goes that sort of noise and they say that's a recognition of kinship and that it is saying I'm your ancestor and they
Video examples
How did feathers evolve?...
we now know that birds are living dinosaurs. You can see the kinship in their skeletons. Certain dinosaurs share some anatomical details with birds found in no other animals, such as wish bones. And in the late 1990s, paleontologists started digging up some compelling support for that
Video examples
The Power of the Night...
it and the more knowledge you have of the universe the more majestic it is and the more connected you are to it it's not we're here and that's there is that we're here that's there but our atoms and molecules were once there and now they're here so there's a kinship with
Video examples
How did Polynesian...
completed a worldwide voyage using only these techniques. If that seems remarkable, remember the ancient Polynesians, who through close study and kinship with nature, were able to forge these paths across an unfathomably vast, vibrant living ocean.
Video examples
Boyd Varty: What I...
And that outpouring of emotion from people on our safari trucks as they saw her, it was this sense of kinship. And it reminded me that even people who grow up in cities feel a natural connection with the natural world and with animals.
Video examples
Rediscovering ourselves...
sense of kinship with all living things it is time to rediscover ourselves in nature my background is in medicine and psychiatry central to my work is the task of helping my patients to come to
Video examples
Susan Sarandon Holds...
a kinship what was the cosmos on its deepest level so meteorites a reminder first that earth moves in a shooting gallery that's my first thought when I think of meteorites because we get hit
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Sasha Sarago: The...
I could reclaim my beauty. To Indigenous women, true beauty came from the traditional roles we upheld, our kinship systems, connection to country and the waterways
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Greg Boyle
American Clergyman
You stand with the least likely to succeed until success is succeeded by something more valuable: kinship. You stand with the belligerent, the surly and the badly behaved until bad behavior is recognized for the language it is: the vocabulary of the deeply wounded and of those whose burdens are more than they can bear.
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Lisa Hanawalt
American Artist
The social aspects of food are really important to me - my favourite food-related memories are meals I've shared with my family and friends. Posting Instagram pictures of your food and then seeing your friends comment on it is just a modern form of that kinship.
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George Gaylord Simpson
American Scientist
Recognition of this kinship with the rest of the universe is necessary for understanding him, but his essential nature is defined by qualities found nowhere else, not by those he has in common with apes, fishes, trees, fire, or anything other than himself.
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Tate Reeves
A culture of love and kinship has knitted Mississippi families together, and tied them to each other, for ages. It is what makes us special in a fast-paced and transient world. I will defend that culture against the erosion that frays societies.
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Solange Knowles
American Actress
When you think back in history about producers and artists or writers who've had good synergy, a lot of times they date, or they're married, or there's a friendship and a kinship.
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Lee Kuan Yew
Statesman
All my life... I believed in Malaysian merger and unity of the two territories. You know that we, as a people, are connected by geography, economics, by ties of kinship.
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Marilyn Monroe
American Actress
What I really want to say: That what the world really needs is a real feeling of kinship. Everybody: stars, laborers, Negroes, Jews, Arabs. We are all brothers.
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Baz Luhrmann
Australian Director
I feel a kinship with anyone who feels that their road, their life or who they really are is not good enough. I really relate to that.
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Tricky
English Musician
I've a kinship with women. That's why I've always put women in strong positions in music.
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Marissa Mayer
American Businesswoman
I think like my dad, but I have a huge kinship with my mom.
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Greg Boyle
American Clergyman
You stand with the least likely to succeed until success is succeeded by something more valuable: kinship. You stand with the belligerent, the surly and the badly behaved until bad behavior is recognized for the language it is: the vocabulary of the deeply wounded and of those whose burdens are more than they can bear.
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Lisa Hanawalt
American Artist
The social aspects of food are really important to me - my favourite food-related memories are meals I've shared with my family and friends. Posting Instagram pictures of your food and then seeing your friends comment on it is just a modern form of that kinship.
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George Gaylord Simpson
American Scientist
Recognition of this kinship with the rest of the universe is necessary for understanding him, but his essential nature is defined by qualities found nowhere else, not by those he has in common with apes, fishes, trees, fire, or anything other than himself.
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Tate Reeves
A culture of love and kinship has knitted Mississippi families together, and tied them to each other, for ages. It is what makes us special in a fast-paced and transient world. I will defend that culture against the erosion that frays societies.
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Solange Knowles
American Actress
When you think back in history about producers and artists or writers who've had good synergy, a lot of times they date, or they're married, or there's a friendship and a kinship.
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Lee Kuan Yew
Statesman
All my life... I believed in Malaysian merger and unity of the two territories. You know that we, as a people, are connected by geography, economics, by ties of kinship.
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Marilyn Monroe
American Actress
What I really want to say: That what the world really needs is a real feeling of kinship. Everybody: stars, laborers, Negroes, Jews, Arabs. We are all brothers.
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Baz Luhrmann
Australian Director
I feel a kinship with anyone who feels that their road, their life or who they really are is not good enough. I really relate to that.
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Tricky
English Musician
I've a kinship with women. That's why I've always put women in strong positions in music.
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Marissa Mayer
American Businesswoman
I think like my dad, but I have a huge kinship with my mom.
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