kindred
kindred Lexical Profile
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• adjective
Similar in kind, nature, or character; having a close affinity or shared qualities.
"The two authors discovered they were kindred spirits who shared a deep fascination with ancient mythology."
Related by blood, ancestry, or common lineage.
"Anthropologists studied the migration patterns of kindred tribes across the northern plains."
• noun
A person's family and relatives collectively; kinfolk.
"He traveled back to his ancestral village to reunite with his kindred after years abroad."
The state or fact of being related by blood or of sharing a close natural affinity; kinship.
"Despite coming from different continents, the two musicians felt an immediate sense of kindred through their art."
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Word Origin & Etymology
From Middle English kinrede (with an intrusive 'd' added for ease of pronunciation), derived from Old English cynn ('family, race, kin') plus the suffix -ræden ('condition, state, or rule').