affiliation
The relationship resulting from affiliating one thing with another.
Other meanings
The establishment of a child's paternity or maternity.
A club, society or umbrella organisation so formed, especially a trade union.
Synonyms
- tie
- tie-up
Related words
- church affiliation
- mosque affiliation
- post-affiliation
- pre-affiliation
- disaffiliation
- reaffiliation
- unaffiliation
Word history
From Latin "affiliatiō".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “affiliation” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.