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consanguinity

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con·san·guin·i·ty  (knsn-gwn-t, -sng-)
n. pl. con·san·guin·i·ties
1. Relationship by blood or by a common ancestor.
2. A close affinity or connection.
consanguinity
blood relationship. Cf. affinity.
See also: Relationship
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Noun1.consanguinity - (anthropology) related by blood
blood kinship, cognation
anthropology - the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings
family relationship, kinship, relationship - (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption
affinity - (anthropology) kinship by marriage or adoption; not a blood relationship
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The same thing would happen to those of the military who were placed among the other citizens; so that by this means every one would be in fear how to act in consequence of consanguinity.
A Treatise on Government by Aristotle View in context
They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity.
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In these two romantic natures was manifest in a signal way that neglected phenomenon, the dominance of the sexual element in all the relations of life, strengthening, softening, and beautifying even those of consanguinity.
Can Such Things Be? by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
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