consanguinity
A consanguineous or family relationship through parentage or descentA consanguineous or family relationship through parentage or descent.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)A consanguineous or family relationship through parentage or descent.
Near-synonyms: relatedness, relation (both contextually synonymous)
1776, United States Declaration of Independence They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity.
Blutsverwandtschaft
кро́вные у́зыkróvnyje úzy, кро́вное родство́króvnoje rodstvó
(countable, uncountable)Inbreeding.
- (anthropology) the condition of being related by blood
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English consanguinite, consanguinyte, consanguinytee, consanguynyte, consangwiFrom Middle English consanguinite, consanguinyte, consanguinytee, consanguynyte, consangwinyte, from Middle French consanguinéité, consanguinité (from Old French consanguinité) and its etymon Latin cōnsanguinitās (accusative cōnsanguinitātem), from cōnsanguineus + -itās, from Latin com- (“together”) + sanguineus (“of or pertaining to blood”), from Latin sanguis (“blood”) + -eus. By surface analysis, consanguine + -ity.
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Forms
plural: consanguinitiesSynonyms
11 synonyms- (anthropology) the condition of being related by blood:blood kinshipcognation
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
8 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable