affinity
noun
a natural liking for or attraction to a person, thing, idea, etc.
affinities
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pluralof affinity.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Mr. Lloyd isn’t the first musician to explore affinities between jazz and Indian music.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
But the non-college-educated voters who have traditionally been his bedrock supporters are facing so much financial strain these days that his cultural affinities, even when they’re somewhat authentic, just don’t cut it.
From Salon ● Jun. 16, 2026
Kurds, while mostly Sunni, share cultural and linguistic affinities with Persians and have historically had less friction with the Iranian state than with fellow Kurds in Iraq and Turkey.
From Barron's ● Mar. 5, 2026
One of the greatest plays of our time, Tom Stoppard’s “Arcadia,” confronts Goethe’s “Elective Affinities” with our own elective affinities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2026
But it was from the difference between us, not from the affinities and likenesses, but from the difference, that that love came: and it was itself the bridge, the only bridge, across what divided us.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
