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单词 kinship
释义 kin·ship
\ˈkinˌship\ noun
Etymology: kin (I) + -ship
: the quality or state of being kin: as
 a. : personal relationship by blood and sometimes by marriage
  < her kinship with no less than twelve sovereigns — A.P.Stanley >
 b. : relationship by descent from a common ancestor or membership in a common group (as a clan)
  < the Negroes … were already conscious of kinship with other men similarly marked throughout the world — Oscar Handlin >
  < the instinctive British feelings of kinship and common freedom — Barbara Ward >
  < a kinship of man with other animals — Weston La Barre >
 c. : the socially recognized relationship between people in a culture who are or are held to be biologically related or who are given the status of relatives by ritual
 d. : a likeness in character or qualities : possession of common features
  < its mineral waters … carry startling kinship to seawater — Helen A. Levin >
  < in … his character studies critics have found a kinship with the early Flemish masters — American Guide Series: Michigan >
 e. : a community of interest; especially : a sense of oneness
  < acquiescence when negation seems to question our kinship with the crowd — B.N.Cardozo >
  < a sense of professional kinship — Douglas Bush >
 f. : a close connection between things that resembles a blood relationship
  < anthropology's kinship with the humanities >
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