affinity
/əˈfɪnɪti/
A natural attraction or feeling of kinship to a person or thing; A family relationship through marriage of a relative, as opposed to consanguinity; The fact of and manner in which something is related to another
- plural
- affinities
Meanings
- 1
A natural attraction or feeling of kinship to a person or thing
They feel a strange affinity with each other.
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- 2
A family relationship through marriage of a relative (e.g. sister-in-law), as opposed to consanguinity (e.g. sister)
- 3
The fact of and manner in which something is related to another
- 4
A kinsman or kinswoman of a such relationship; one who is affinalrare
- 5
Any romantic relationshiprare
- 6
A love interest; a paramourrare
- 7
Any passionate love for somethingrare
- 8
Resemblances between biological populations, suggesting that they have a common origin, type or stockrare
- 9
Structural resemblances between minerals; resemblances that suggest that they are of a common origin or typerare
- 10
An attractive force between atoms, or groups of atoms, that contributes towards their forming bondsrare