agnation
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Between an uncle and his sister's son, therefore, there is no agnation, but only kinship"
- "Furthermore, for reasons that will by now be obvious, interhouse relations represent a paradigm for the politics of agnation at large: any competition for influence or position among patrilateral kin is, in essence, a rivalry between houses produced by a shared ancestor and reproduced across the generations, and particular units, whether or not they take the initiative in such processes, are ultimately drawn into their purview (see chap. 2)."
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin agnatio. Compare French agnation.