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pseudosibling

noun

Etymology

From pseudo- + sibling.

  1. learned borrowing from sibling — “relative, a relation, kinsman”
  2. prefixed as pseudosibling — “pseudo + sibling”

Definitions

  1. One who is not a sibling but has a relationship of that kind.

    • […] the girls were older than average when they entered the family and thus did not develop the usual pseudosibling relationship […]
    • With multiple stepparents, stepsiblings, half siblings and pseudosiblings, it’s a whole new type of family, and with it comes the challenge to design a home where everyone feels welcome.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for pseudosibling. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA