Synonyms for kinship
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : kin-ship |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɪn ʃɪp |
Top 10 synonyms for kinship Other synonyms for the word kinship
Définition of kinship
Origin :- by 1764, from kin + -ship. A more pure word than relationship, which covers the same sense but is a hybrid.
- noun family relationship
- His only comments on the disclosure of kinship were a "Humph!"
- Extract from : « Thankful's Inheritance » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- I could have kicked Bayliss for his officious explanation of kinship.
- Extract from : « Kent Knowles: Quahaug » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- His father was my father's cousin, so that my kinship is none so near.
- Extract from : « The Shame of Motley » by Raphael Sabatini
- Less than ever did he now seek to prevail by the voice of kinship.
- Extract from : « Love-at-Arms » by Raphael Sabatini
- She was beheaded in May, 1541, being too near in kinship to the throne to be allowed to live.
- Extract from : « England, Picturesque and Descriptive » by Joel Cook
- Because of the strength of its ideals conscious of their kinship with the West.
- Extract from : « Notes on Life and Letters » by Joseph Conrad
- The instinct of kinship was as strong in them as in the old Jews.
- Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878 » by Various
- Kinship is purely matter of fact and history, and therefore rational.
- Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner
- Kinship was lost by separation, and fire superseded it as a bond of association.
- Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner
- He felt in that moment his kinship with all the rebels and disinherited of the earth.
- Extract from : « The Root of Evil » by Thomas Dixon
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