relationship

1. A relation between people;
   (`relationship' is often used where `relation' would serve, as in `the relationship between inflation and unemployment', but the preferred usage of `relationship' is for human relations or states of relatedness) (synset 113802931)
   "the relationship between mothers and their children"
   is a type of: relation - an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together
   subtypes:

   • partnership - a cooperative relationship between people or groups who agree to share responsibility for achieving some specific goal
   • personal relation, personal relationship - a relation between persons
   same as: human relationship
2. A state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection) (synset 113951421)
   "he didn't want his wife to know of the relationship"
   is a type of: state - the way something is with respect to its main attributes
   subtypes:

   • anaclisis - (psychoanalysis) relationship marked by strong dependence on others; especially a libidinal attachment to e.g. a parental figure
   • love affair, romance - a relationship between two lovers
   • sexual relationship - a relationship involving sexual intimacy
3. A state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries (synset 113951701)
   is a type of: state - the way something is with respect to its main attributes
   subtypes:

   • account, business relationship - a formal contractual relationship established to provide for regular banking or brokerage or business services
   • acquaintance, acquaintanceship - a relationship less intimate than friendship
   • affiliation, association, tie, tie-up - a social or business relationship
   • assimilation - the state of being assimilated; people of different backgrounds come to see themselves as part of a larger national family
   • friendly relationship, friendship - the state of being friends (or friendly)
   • membership - the state of being a member
   • subjection, subjugation - forced submission to control by others
4. (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption (synset 113834819)
   referred to in: anthropology - the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings
   is a type of: relation - an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together
   subtypes:

   • affinity, phylogenetic relation - (biology) state of relationship between organisms or groups of organisms resulting in resemblance in structure or structural parts
   • descent, filiation, line of descent, lineage - the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors
   • affinity - (anthropology) kinship by marriage or adoption; not a blood relationship
   • blood kinship, cognation, consanguinity - (anthropology) related by blood
   • birth, parentage - the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents
   • fatherhood, paternity - the kinship relation between an offspring and the father
   • maternity, motherhood - the kinship relation between an offspring and the mother
   • sisterhood, sistership - the kinship relation between a female offspring and the siblings
   • brotherhood - the kinship relation between a male offspring and the siblings
   • marital bed, marital relationship - the relationship between wife and husband
   same as: family relationship, kinship

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