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Meaning of cousinship | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/ˈkʌzənˌʃɪp/

Definitions

The state of being cousins, or the relationship that exists among cousins.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Deutsch Vetternschaft
Français cousinage
Italiano cuginanza
Polski kuzynostwo

Examples

““How long did you reside with him and his sisters after the cousinship was discovered?””
“His creed of determinism was such that it almost amounted to a vice, and quite amounted, on its negative side, to a renunciative philosophy which had cousinship with that of Schopenhauer and Leopardi.”
“What he repudiated was cousinship with the ape, and the implied suspicion of a rudimentary tail, because it was offensive to his sense of his own dignity, and because he thought that apes were ridiculous, and tails diabolical when associated with the erect posture.”
“He describes a beautiful thought experiment to demonstrate a rabbit’s cousinship to a leopard.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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