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affinity
noun affinities
    1. A strong natural liking for or feeling of attraction or closeness towards someone or something.
      Thesaurus: fondness, liking, attraction, closeness.
    2. Relationship to them, especially by marriage.
      Thesaurus: kinship, relationship, bond, tie, connection, alliance, association, attachment, union, fraternity, affiliation.
      Form: affinity with someone (usually)
    3. Similarity in appearance, structure, etc, especially one that suggests relatedness.
      Thesaurus: similarity, likeness, resemblance, correspondence, parallel.
    4. Chemical attraction between substances; readiness to combine chemically with another substance and remain in combination.
      Form: affinity for something (usually)
Etymology: 14c: from Latin affinitas, from affinis neighbouring.



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