Meaning of kintype | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A kin relationship expressed in terms of the specific direct relationships involved, such as "mother's brother's son" rather than the more general "cousin".
2. The base type of an otherkin's identity, such as animal or robot.

Examples

“The remaining terms can be defined either by a chain of kintypes or by a succession of kinterm equivalences.”

“Though the experience⟳ of being otherkin is typically described in spiritual terms, it is also reported to have⟳ physical aspects, such as the sensation of phantom limbs for the body parts their kintype possess⟳ but which are absent in the human form⟳ […]”

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