elective affinity
nounEtymology
Calque of German Wahlverwandtschaft.
- calqued from Wahlverwandtschaft
Definitions
A process by which two cultural forms (e.g. religious, intellectual, political or…
A process by which two cultural forms (e.g. religious, intellectual, political or economic) having certain similarities or kinships enter into a relationship of reciprocal attraction and influence, and mutual reinforcement.
The feeling of being attracted to or sympathetic with someone or something.
- Matrimony was not a matter of elective affinity between two persons seeking to spend their lives agreeably and profitably in common, so much as an institution used by the state for raising vigorous recruits for the national army.
The tendency of a substance to combine with some specific substances more readily than…
The tendency of a substance to combine with some specific substances more readily than others.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for elective affinity. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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