filiation
noun
1 filiation
The kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors.
synonyms: descent, line of descent, lineage.
Roget 9:
relation,
bearing,
reference,
connection,
concern,
cognation;
correlation
etc.
12;
analogy;
similarity
etc.
17;
affinity,
homology,
alliance,
homogeneity,
association;
approximation
etc.
(nearness)
197;
filiation
etc.
(consanguinity)
11;
interest;
relevancy
etc.
23;
dependency,
relationship,
relative position.
comparison
etc.
464;
ratio,
proportion.
link,
tie,
bond of union.
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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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Roget 167:
posterity,
progeny,
breed,
issue,
offspring,
brood,
litter,
seed,
farrow,
spawn,
spat;
family,
grandchildren,
heirs;
great-grandchild.
child,
son,
daughter;
butcha†;
bantling,
scion;
acrospire†,
plumule†,
shoot,
sprout,
olive-branch,
sprit†,
branch;
off-shoot,
off-set;
ramification;
descendant;
heir,
heiress;
heir-apparent,
heir-presumptive;
chip off the old block;
heredity;
rising generation.
straight descent,
sonship†,
line,
lineage,
filiation†,
primogeniture.
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Polish: filiacja
2 filiation
Moby thesaurus: Indian file, accord, addition, adjunct, affairs, affiliation, affinity, agnation, alliance, ancestry, apparentation, approximation, array, articulation, assemblage, association, bank, birth, blood, blood relationship, bloodline, bond, branch, breed, brotherhood, brothership, buzz, catena, catenation, chain, chain reaction, chaining, closeness, cognation, combination, common ancestry, common descent, concatenation, connectedness, connection, consanguinity, consecution, contiguity, continuum, contrariety, course, cousinhood, cousinship, cycle, dealings, deduction, derivation, descent, direct line, disjunction, distaff side, drone, enation, endless belt, endless round, extraction, family, fatherhood, female line, file, fraternity, gamut, gradation, homology, house, hum, intercourse, intimacy, junction, kindred, kinship, liaison, line, line of descent, lineage, link, linkage, linking, male line, maternity, matrilineage, matriliny, matrisib, matrocliny, monotone, motherhood, mutual attraction, nearness, nexus, offset, offshoot, paternity, patrilineage, patriliny, patrisib, patrocliny, pendulum, periodicity, phylum, plenum, powder train, progression, propinquity, proximity, queue, race, range, rank, rapport, recurrence, relatedness, relation, relations, relationship, reticulation, rotation, round, routine, row, run, scale, seed, sept, sequence, series, shoot, sibship, side, similarity, single file, sisterhood, sistership, spear side, spectrum, spindle side, sprout, stem, stirps, stock, strain, string, succession, swath, sword side, sympathy, thread, tie, tie-in, tier, ties of blood, train, union, windrow ... show more.
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