Synonyms for kinship
ˈkɪn ʃɪpkin·ship

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1. affinity, kinshipnoun

   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"

   Synonyms:
   affinity, family relationship, chemical attraction, phylogenetic relation, relationship

2. kinship, family relationship, relationshipnoun

   (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption

   Synonyms:
   affinity, family relationship, human relationship, relationship

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1. • Relation

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1. List of paraphrases for "kinship":

   relatedness, consanguinity, kin, parentage, parenthood, affinity, relationship, relatives

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1. Aidan Key:

   Aron Janssen can immediately find kinship and find someone who understands Aron Janssen experience.

2. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang:

   We hope that our compatriots on both sides of the strait will continue to strengthen mutual understanding and trust, deepen their bonds of kinship, bring hearts and minds together.

3. Per Karsten:

   You can only speculate as to whether The CT was one of Winstrup's next of kin, or whether someone else took the opportunity while preparing the coffin. But we hope to be able to clarify any kinship through a DNA test.

4. Chris Beyrer:

   Families are sacred in Africa. ... People rely on their families and kinship networks because they cannot rely on their governments, if you are told repeatedly 'these people are undermining the family; they're trying to destroy the African family,' those are fighting words.

5. Carly Fiorina:

   I think there are many, many Democrats who find it impossible to admire a woman that they politically disagree with, so when you have Democrats saying my candidacy is offensive to women, that's about politics. That's not about an admiration of a fellow woman. That's not about kinship. And I think that's too bad.