affiliation

[uh-fil-ee-ey-shuhn]

noun

1. the act of affiliating; state of being affiliated affiliated or associated.

Other Word Forms

• interaffiliation noun
• nonaffiliation noun
• preaffiliation noun
• reaffiliation noun
• superaffiliation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of affiliation¹

First recorded in 1745–55; from Medieval Latin affīliātiōn-, stem of affīliātiō “adoption”; equivalent to affiliate + -ion

Example Sentences

Their party’s national standing could hardly be worse, and party affiliation and registration statistics have trended toward the Republican Party.

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In the past, its controversial history had made disclosing an RSS affiliation somewhat taboo.

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This is not the first time the Tories have offered MPs of different political affiliations one of their spots on a parliamentary committee.

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The new group’s constituent factions from the Pakistani Taliban have historically had strong affiliations with al Qaeda, and IMP has successfully moved into a power vacuum in Afghanistan left by the Islamic State Khorasan Province.

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He pointed out California allows university programs that support Native American students because they were narrowly tailored to focus on tribal affiliation — which is considered a political classification — instead of race or ethnicity.

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Related Words

• connection 
• partnership 
• relationship