affiliation
[uh-fil-ee-ey-shuh n]
- the act of affiliating; state of being affiliated or associated.
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Origin of affiliation
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Contemporary Examples
Chong has no affiliation with Parker or Stone, but that could very well change if they see this loving tribute to their work.
Meanwhile, the percentage of white Catholics continues to drop, and Jewish affiliation stagnates.
There was a group that was involved that claims an affiliation with al-Qaeda.
The identities of the two shooters at the Virgin Mary church are not known, nor is their affiliation.
But more than religious affiliation is at stake in the papal visit.
Historical Examples
We (thirty thousand) have no affiliation with the Mormons whatever.
What we note here is an affiliation in revolt between the artist and the masses.
Suspended JudgmentsJohn Cowper Powys
In place of affiliation we realize a constant sense of repulsion.
Foot-prints of TravelMaturin M. Ballou
The kindergarten is not alone in its appeal to the child and in its affiliation with the community.
The New EducationScott Nearing
Off the stage he was a snob by affiliation and a gossiper by inclination.
A Pirate of PartsRichard Neville
Word Origin and History for affiliation
n.
1751, "adoption," from French affiliation, from Medieval Latin affiliationem (nominative affiliatio), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin affiliare "to adopt a son," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + filius "son" (see filial). Figurative sense of "adoption by a society, of branches" first recorded 1799 (affiliate in this sense is from 1761).
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