consanguinity

noun
/kɒnsaŋˈɡwɪnɪti/UK/kɑnsæŋˈɡwɪnɪti/US

Etymology

From Middle English consanguinytee, consanguinite, consanguinyte, from Old French consanguinité and Latin cōnsanguinitātem, accusative of Latin cōnsanguinitās, from cōnsanguineus, from Latin com- (“together”) + sanguineus (“of or pertaining to blood”), from Latin sanguis (“blood”).

  1. derived from sanguis — “blood
  2. derived from com- — “together
  3. derived from cōnsanguinitās
  4. derived from cōnsanguinitātem
  5. derived from consanguinité
  6. inherited from consanguinytee

Definitions

  1. A consanguineous or family relationship through parentage or descent. A blood…

    A consanguineous or family relationship through parentage or descent. A blood relationship.

    • 1776, United States Declaration of Independence They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity.
  2. Inbreeding

    • The Mongrel Virginians was similar to other eugenic family studies in its method and mode of argumentation, but its intensive focus on "race mixing," rather than consanguinity, represents a marked departure from the previous studies.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at consanguinity. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at consanguinity. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at consanguinity

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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