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CONSANGUINITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(anthropology) related by blood
Synonyms:
blood kinship; cognation; consanguinity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("consanguinity" is a kind of...):
family relationship; kinship; relationship ((anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption)
Domain category:
anthropology (the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings)
Antonym:
affinity ((anthropology) kinship by marriage or adoption; not a blood relationship)
Derivation:
consanguine (related by blood)
