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PARENTAGE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The descendants of one individual
Example:
his entire lineage has been warriors
Synonyms:
ancestry; blood; blood line; bloodline; descent; line; line of descent; lineage; origin; parentage; pedigree; stemma; stock
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("parentage" is a kind of...):
family tree; genealogy (successive generations of kin)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "parentage"):
family; family line; folk; kinfolk; kinsfolk; phratry; sept (people descended from a common ancestor)
side (a family line of descent)
Derivation:
parent (look after a child until it is an adult)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The kinship relation of an offspring to the parents
Synonyms:
birth; parentage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("parentage" is a kind of...):
family relationship; kinship; relationship ((anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption)
Derivation:
parent (look after a child until it is an adult)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The state of being a parent
Example:
to everyone's surprise, parenthood reformed the man
Synonyms:
parentage; parenthood
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("parentage" is a kind of...):
adulthood (the state (and responsibilities) of a person who has attained maturity)
Derivation:
parent (look after a child until it is an adult)
