kinship

noun

kin·ship ˈkin-ˌship

: the quality or state of being kin : relationship

Examples of kinship in a Sentence

He feels a strong kinship with other survivors of the war. feelings of kinship between the team's players and their fans

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Further, with over 90 percent of the Canadian population living within 150 miles of the U.S. border, there is a very real and modern Canadian connection to the U.S. media, entertainment, politics, trade, family kinship, culture, and defense needs. —

Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025 And while some of them have indeed come to the Florida table to express ideological kinship – like Argentina’s President Javier Milei – others have made the trek to gauge warily the implications of the imminent return of a confrontational America-first foreign policy. —

Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Jan. 2025 Like this lone wolf animal out there, this coyote just running around the field and Tommy’s looking at him with a kinship, but then he is killed right before his eyes. —

Lynette Rice, Deadline, 12 Jan. 2025 And Pope felt some strange kinship with the missing man, a faint pulling connection. —

Ian Frisch, Curbed, 9 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for kinship