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consanguinity

UK/kɒnsaŋˈɡwɪnɪti//kɑnsæŋˈɡwɪnɪti/

consanguinity noun: a consanguineous or family relationship through parentage or descent.

Noun

consanguinity (countable and uncountable, plural consanguinities)

  1. A consanguineous or family relationship through parentage or descent.
    • Near-synonyms: relatedness, relation (both contextually synonymous)
    • They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity.1776, United States Declaration of Independence
  2. Inbreeding.
    • The Mongrel Virginians was similar to other eugenic family studies in its method and mode of argumentation, but its intensive focus on "race mixing," rather than consanguinity, represents a marked departure from the previous studies.2006, Matt Wray, Not Quite White, page 81

consanguinity meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Kannada and Arabic

consanguinity in Tamil

இரத்த உறவு, இரத்தத் திசு

consanguinity in Bengali

রক্ত সম্পর্ক, আত্মীয়তা

consanguinity in Kannada

ನೆತ್ತರನಂಟು

consanguinity in Arabic

a blood relationship
قَرَابَة عَصَب, قَرَابَة دَم

Synonyms of consanguinity

Antonyms

All synonyms and antonyms of consanguinity

Forms of consanguinity

pluralconsanguinities
alternative formconsanguinuity

Origin of consanguinity

From Middle English consanguinite, consanguinyte, consanguinytee, consanguynyte, consangwinyte, from Middle French consanguinéité, consanguinité (from Old French consanguinité) and its etymon Latin cōnsanguinitās (accusative cōnsanguinitātem), from cōnsanguineus + -itās, from Latin com- (“together”) + sanguineus (“of or pertaining to blood”), from Latin sanguis (“blood”) + -eus. By surface analysis, consanguine + -ity.

Questions about consanguinity

What does consanguinity mean?
Consanguinity means a consanguineous or family relationship through parentage or descent.
What is consanguinity in Tamil?
Consanguinity in Tamil is இரத்த உறவு, இரத்தத் திசு. See Consanguinity meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is consanguinity?
Consanguinity is a noun.
How do you pronounce consanguinity?
Consanguinity is pronounced /kɒnsaŋˈɡwɪnɪti/ (UK).
What is the plural of consanguinity?
The plural of consanguinity is consanguinities.

Words near consanguinity in the dictionary

  1. consanguineous
  2. consanguineously
  3. consanguineousness
  4. consanguines
  5. consanguinities
  6. consanguinity
  7. consanguinous
  8. consanguinously
  9. consanguinuity
  10. consarcination
  11. consarcinations

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Adapted from Wiktionary: consanguinity (page history and authors); consanguinity (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); consanguinity (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); consanguinity (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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