kinship

1. (countable, uncountable)Relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption.

   Verwandtschaft

   родство́rodstvó

   спорі́дненняsporídnennja, спорі́дненістьsporídnenistʹ

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

2. (countable, uncountable)Relation or connection by nature or character.

   Verwandtschaftsbeziehung, Verwandtschaft

   схо́дствоsxódstvo, бли́зостьblízostʹ, подо́биеpodóbije

   бли́зкістьblýzkistʹ, поді́бністьpodíbnistʹ

   a close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or character

1. There's no explanation for the evolution of altruism that doesn't involve kinship.

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2. I don't even fully understand the kinship system of English, especially when it gets beyond first cousins.

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3. Ties of kinship are very important in Islam.

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4. A diametrically opposed kinship pattern is to be observed among certain South Sea Island communities.

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5. I read the research paper "An Exploration of kinship terms of Hokkien Chinese-Indonesians in Surabaya."

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