consanguinity

Questions about consanguinity

What does consanguinity mean?

consanguinity means "(anthropology) related by blood".

How many syllables are in consanguinity?

consanguinity has 6 syllables and divides as con-san-gu-i-ni-ty under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for consanguinity?

Close synonyms include blood kinship, cognation. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of consanguinity?

The recorded antonyms are affinity.

Is consanguinity a common word?

consanguinity is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.