kinship
kinship
n.
family relationship, condition of being related by blood or adoption; affinity, natural attraction
Kinship
In
anthropology,
kinship is the web of social relationships that form an important part of the lives of most humans in most societies, although its exact meanings even within this discipline are often debated. Anthropologist
Robin Fox states that "the study of kinship is the study of what man does with these basic facts of lifemating, gestation, parenthood,
socialization, siblingship etc." Human society is unique, he argues, in that we are "working with the same raw material as exists in the animal world, but [we] can conceptualize and categorize it to serve social ends." These social ends include the socialization of children and the formation of basic economic, political and religious groups.
kinship
Noun
1. a close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or character; "found a natural affinity with the immigrants"; "felt a deep kinship with the other students"; "anthropology's kinship with the humanities"
(synonym) affinity
(hypernym) relation
(hyponym) rapport, resonance
2. state of relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption
(synonym) family relationship, relationship
(hypernym) relation
(hyponym) affinity, phylogenetic relation
Kinship
(n.)
Family relationship.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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Kinship
Relationship by marriage or, specifically, a blood tie.