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kinkeeping

kinkeeping noun: the maintaining and strengthening of familial ties.

Noun

kinkeeping (uncountable)

  1. The maintaining and strengthening of familial ties.
    • Kinkeeping, in most of the related research, has been defined as keeping in touch with family members and/or keeping family members in touch with one another. Occasionally, kinkeeping has been more broadly defined to include providing tangible assistance to family members (e.g. helping with tasks...2009, Harry T. Reis, Susan Sprecher, editors, Encyclopedia of Human Relationships, SAGE Publications, →ISBN, page 949

Origin of kinkeeping

From kin + keeping. Coined by sociologist Carolyn Rosenthal in 1985.

Questions about kinkeeping

What does kinkeeping mean?
Kinkeeping means the maintaining and strengthening of familial ties.
What part of speech is kinkeeping?
Kinkeeping is a noun.

Words near kinkeeping in the dictionary

  1. kinked on
  2. kinked out
  3. kinkedness
  4. kinkeeper
  5. kinkeepers
  6. kinkeeping
  7. kinker
  8. kinkers
  9. kinkfic
  10. kinkhab
  11. kinkhabs

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