Kinship

Pronunciation: /ˈkɪnˌʃɪp/

Kinship (noun)

  1. A connection between people who are related by blood or marriage.
  2. A feeling of being connected or similar to someone because of shared background or experience.
  3. A set of rules a society uses to describe family links and who belongs to which relatives.

Examples

  • Kinship can explain why families help each other during hard times.
  • They discussed kinship to understand how relatives are connected.