Kinship
Pronunciation: /ˈkɪnˌʃɪp/
Kinship (noun)
- A connection between people who are related by blood or marriage.
- A feeling of being connected or similar to someone because of shared background or experience.
- 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.