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relationship
noun
1 relationship
A relation between people; (`relationship' is often used where `relation' would serve, as in `the relationship between inflation and unemployment', but the preferred usage of `relationship' is for human relations or states of relatedness):
— The relationship between mothers and their children.
synonym: human relationship.
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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Dutch: betrekking, relatie, verhouding
2 relationship
A state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection).
3 relationship
A state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries.
4 relationship
anthropology Relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption.
synonyms: family relationship, kinship.
Dutch: verwantschap, familieband
Moby thesaurus: accord, addition, adjunct, affairs, affiliation, affinity, agnation, alliance, ancestry, approximation, assemblage, association, blood, blood relationship, bond, brotherhood, brothership, closeness, cognation, combination, common ancestry, common descent, connectedness, connection, consanguinity, contiguity, contrariety, cousinhood, cousinship, dealings, deduction, disjunction, enation, fatherhood, filiation, fraternity, homology, intercourse, intimacy, junction, kindred, kinship, liaison, link, linkage, linking, maternity, matrilineage, matriliny, matrisib, matrocliny, motherhood, mutual attraction, nearness, paternity, patrilineage, patriliny, patrisib, patrocliny, propinquity, proximity, rapport, relatedness, relation, relations, sibship, similarity, sisterhood, sistership, sympathy, tie, tie-in, ties of blood, union ... show more.
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