AFFILIATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does affiliation mean? 

• AFFILIATION (noun)
  The noun AFFILIATION has 2 senses:

1. a social or business relationship

2. the act of becoming formally connected or joined

  Familiarity information: AFFILIATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AFFILIATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A social or business relationship

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

affiliation; association; tie; tie-up

Context example:

many close associations with England

Hypernyms ("affiliation" is a kind of...):

relationship (a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries)

Derivation:

affiliate (join in an affiliation)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of becoming formally connected or joined

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

welcomed the affiliation of the research center with the university

Hypernyms ("affiliation" is a kind of...):

association (the act of consorting with or joining with others)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "affiliation"):

reaffiliation (affiliation anew)

Derivation:

affiliate (join in an affiliation)

 Context examples 

A description of the affiliation between two occurrences of Data Element Concepts.

(Data Element Concept Relationships, NCI Thesaurus)

The affiliation between two occurrences of Data Elements.

(Data Element Relationship, NCI Thesaurus)

A description of the affiliation between two occurrences of Object Classes.

(Object Class Relationship, NCI Thesaurus)

The affiliation between two occurrences of Classification Schemes.

(Classification Scheme Relationship, NCI Thesaurus)

The affiliation between two occurrences of Classification Scheme Items.

(Classification Scheme Item Relationship, NCI Thesaurus)

Denotes a person having origins in any indigenous people of Alaska and their descendants and who maintains tribal affiliation, or community or cultural attachment.

(Alaska Native, NCI Thesaurus)

Aleutian - a person having origins from the Aleut indigenous group of Alaska and their descendants and who maintains tribal affiliation, or community or cultural attachment.

(Aleutian, NCI Thesaurus)

A person having origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America (including Central America) and who maintains tribal affiliation or community attachment.

(American Indian or Alaska Native, NCI Thesaurus)

A list of non-aligned cancer center members with their departmental affiliations, areas of expertise and research interests and description of the strategies used to take advantage of their scientific expertise in furthering the research objectives of the center, is an essential part of the Cancer Center Support Grant Application.

(Non-programmatically Aligned Cancer Center Research Member Section of Cancer Center Support Grant Application, NCI Thesaurus)

It’s been proposed that Neanderthals depended on visual-spatial abilities and toolmaking, for survival, more so than on the social affiliation and group activities that typify the success of modern humans – and that Neanderthal brains evolved to preferentially support these visuospatial functions.

(“Residual echo” of ancient humans in scans may hold clues to mental disorders, National Institutes of Health)