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(noun) a natural attraction or feeling of kinship: "an affinity for politics"; "the mysterious affinity between them"; "James's affinity with Sam" |
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Related Words: attraction, attractiveness |
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(noun) inherent resemblance between persons or things |
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Related Words: resemblance |
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(noun) the force attracting atoms to each other and binding them together in a molecule: "basic dyes have an affinity for wool and silk" |
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Synonyms: chemical attraction |
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Related Words: force |
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(noun) (immunology) the attraction between an antigen and an antibody |
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Related Words: attraction, attractive force |
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(noun) 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" |
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Synonyms: kinship |
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Related Words: rapport, relation, sympathy |
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(noun) (biology) state of relationship between organisms or groups of organisms resulting in resemblance in structure or structural parts: "in anatomical structure prehistoric man shows close affinity with modern humans" |
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Synonyms: phylogenetic relation |
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Related Words: family relationship, kinship, relationship |
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(noun) kinship by marriage or adoption; not a blood relationship |
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Synonyms: kinship by marriage |
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Related Words: family relationship, kinship, relationship, steprelationship |
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Antonyms: consanguinity |
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