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familiality

familiality noun: the quality of being familial.

Noun

familiality (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being familial.
    • The demonstration of familiality and heritability of homosexuality (e.g., Pillard & Bailey, 1998 ) has led to numerous attempts to provide genetic explanations.2007 December 22, Heino F. L. Meyer-Bahlburg, Curtis Dolezal, Susan W. Baker, Maria I. New, “Sexual Orientation in Women with Classical or Non-classical Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia as a Function...

Origin of familiality

From familial + -ity.

Questions about familiality

What does familiality mean?
Familiality means the quality of being familial.
What part of speech is familiality?
Familiality is a noun.

Words near familiality in the dictionary

  1. familial DNA
  2. familial Mediterranean fever
  3. familial Mediterranean fevers
  4. familialism
  5. familialisms
  6. familiality
  7. familialize
  8. familialized
  9. familializes
  10. familializing
  11. familially

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