kinship

American  

[kin-ship] / ˈkɪn ʃɪp /

noun

1. the state or fact of being of kin; family relationship.

   Synonyms:

   connection

2. relationship by nature, qualities, etc.; affinity.

   Synonyms:

   bearing, connection

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kinship British  

/ ˈkɪnʃɪp /

noun

1. blood relationship

2. the state of having common characteristics or a common origin

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kinship Cultural  

1. A relation between two or more persons that is based on common ancestry (descent) or marriage (affinity).

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Related Words

See relationship.

Etymology

Origin of kinship

First recorded in 1825–35; kin + -ship

Example Sentences

“The more people who are brought into a sense of kinship with the river, the better,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times

In the end, his words were laced with a sense of historic kinship.

From BBC

In Lee Knight’s film, a chance meeting between a young Black Englishman in the process of finding himself and an elderly, white Englishwoman blossoms into an unexpected kinship — one based on Knight’s experience.

From Los Angeles Times

The master clearly had no intention to, and I was already beginning to realize he wanted no kinship among his workers, so I knew they wouldn’t, either.

From Literature

The wryly funny “Seasons” is hardly a madcap romp in Nazi-occupied Warsaw, but it does have some kinship with “To Be or Not to Be,” the Ernst Lubitsch comedy of 1942.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• affinity