COGNATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cognation mean? 

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

1. line of descent traced through the maternal side of the family

2. (anthropology) related by blood

  Familiarity information: COGNATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COGNATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Line of descent traced through the maternal side of the family

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Synonyms:

cognation; enation; matrilineage

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

unilateral descent (line of descent traced through one side of the family)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(anthropology) related by blood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Synonyms:

blood kinship; cognation; consanguinity

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

family relationship; kinship; relationship ((anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption)

Domain category:

anthropology (the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings)