Paternity

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  • noun. The state of being a father; fatherhood.
  • noun. Descent on a father's side; paternal descent.
  • noun. Authorship; origin.
  • adjective. Relating to or involving the identification of a person's biological father.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Fathership; fatherhood; the relation of a father to his offspring.
  • noun. Derivation from a father: as, the child's paternity is unknown. Hence Origin; authorship.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The relation of a father to his child; fathership; fatherhood; family headship.
  • noun. Derivation or descent from a father; male parentage.
  • noun. Origin; authorship.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. fatherhood, being a father
  • noun. parental descent from a father
  • noun. legal acknowledgement of a man's fatherhood of a child
  • noun. authorship
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the state of being a father
  • noun. the act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing
  • noun. the kinship relation between an offspring and the father
    • Word Usage
    "Considering the numerous preferences that the law gives to mothers in paternity issues, I think that fathers can at least have one bone tossed their way."
    cross-reference
    maternity  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    creation  family relationship  foundation  founding  initiation  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    fraternity  maternity  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    crystallinity  home-making  immunoreactivity  overlordship  vassalage  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    affiliation  agnation  alliance  ancestry  authorship  
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