CONSANGUINITY
Dictionary entry overview: What does consanguinity mean? • CONSANGUINITY (noun)
The noun CONSANGUINITY has 1 sense:
1. (anthropology) related by blood
Familiarity information: CONSANGUINITY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CONSANGUINITY (noun)
Meaning:
(anthropology) related by blood
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Synonyms:
blood kinship; consanguinity; cognation
Hypernyms ("consanguinity" is a kind of...):
family relationship; kinship; relationship ((anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption)
Domain category:
anthropology (the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings)
Antonym:
affinity ((anthropology) kinship by marriage or adoption; not a blood relationship)
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