Affinity

[ə'fɪnɪtɪ] or [ə'fɪnəti]

Definition

(noun.) a natural attraction or feeling of kinship; 'an affinity for politics'; 'the mysterious affinity between them'; 'James's affinity with Sam'.

(noun.) inherent resemblance between persons or things.

(noun.) the force attracting atoms to each other and binding them together in a molecule; 'basic dyes have an affinity for wool and silk'.

(noun.) (immunology) the attraction between an antigen and an antibody.

(noun.) a close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or character; 'found a natural affinity with the immigrants'; 'felt a deep kinship with the other students'; 'anthropology's kinship with the humanities'.

(noun.) (biology) state of relationship between organisms or groups of organisms resulting in resemblance in structure or structural parts; 'in anatomical structure prehistoric man shows close affinity with modern humans'.

(noun.) (anthropology) kinship by marriage or adoption; not a blood relationship.

Edited by Ingram--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) Relationship by marriage (as between a husband and his wife's blood relations, or between a wife and her husband's blood relations); -- in contradistinction to consanguinity, or relationship by blood; -- followed by with, to, or between.

(n.) Kinship generally; close agreement; relation; conformity; resemblance; connection; as, the affinity of sounds, of colors, or of languages.

(n.) Companionship; acquaintance.

(n.) That attraction which takes place, at an insensible distance, between the heterogeneous particles of bodies, and unites them to form chemical compounds; chemism; chemical or elective affinity or attraction.

(n.) A relation between species or highe/ groups dependent on resemblance in the whole plan of structure, and indicating community of origin.

(n.) A superior spiritual relationship or attraction held to exist sometimes between persons, esp. persons of the opposite sex; also, the man or woman who exerts such psychical or spiritual attraction.

Inputed by Carlo

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Relationship (by marriage), KIN, CONSANGUINITY, propinquity.[2]. Resemblance, likeness, relation, correlation, analogy, connection, similarity, similitude, parallelism, correspondence, parity, sympathy.[3]. (Chem.) Attraction.

Checker: Marge

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Relationship, relation, kindred, conformity, connection, alliance, similarity,analogy, homogeneity, harmony, correlativeness, sympathy, interdependence,interconnection, intercommunity

ANT:Dissimilarity, discordance, disconnection, independence, antagonism, antipathy,repugnance, interrepulsiveness

Typist: Thaddeus

Definition

n. nearness of kin agreement or resemblance: causal relationship: structural resemblance between languages of ultimately common origin: structural resemblance between plants animals or minerals pointing to identity of stock: relationship by marriage opposed to consanguinity or relationship by blood: (B.) social relationship: the spiritual relationship between sponsors and their godchild: a mysterious attraction supposed to exist between two persons: (chem.) the peculiar attraction between the atoms of two simple substances that makes them combine to form a compound.—adj. Affin′itive.

Typed by Hannah

Unserious Contents or Definition

Complimentary term for your husband or your wife. Sometimes a synonym for 'Your finish.'

Typed by Bartholdi

Examples

Inputed by Ezra

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