affiliation as a noun: - 1
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affiliation
noun
1 affiliation
A social or business relationship:
— A valuable financial affiliation.
synonyms: association, tie, tie-up.
Roget 11:
consanguinity,
relationship,
kindred,
blood;
parentage
etc.
(paternity)
166;
filiation†,
affiliation;
lineage,
agnation†,
connection,
alliance;
family connection,
family tie;
ties of blood;
nepotism.
kinsman,
kinfolk;
kith and kin;
relation,
relative;
connection;
sibling,
sib;
next of kin;
uncle,
aunt,
nephew,
niece;
cousin,
cousin-german†;
first cousin,
second cousin;
cousin once removed,
cousin twice removed;
etc.
near relation,
distant relation;
brother,
sister,
one's own flesh and blood.
family,
fraternity;
brotherhood,
sisterhood,
cousinhood†.
race,
stock,
generation;
sept
etc.
166;
stirps,
side;
strain;
breed,
clan,
tribe,
nation.
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Roget 155:
attribution,
theory,
etiology,
ascription,
reference to,
rationale;
accounting for
etc.
v.;
palaetiology1,
imputation,
derivation from.
filiation†,
affiliation;
pedigree
etc.
(paternity)
166.
explanation
etc.
(interpretation)
522;
reason why
etc.
(cause)
153.
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Dutch: band, connectie
2 affiliation
The act of becoming formally connected or joined.
Polish: afiliowanie
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