Adoption for gay and lesbian parents remains a hotly contested issue in the United States.
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Adoption
/əˈdɑp.ʃən/
Synonyms for "adoption" (106 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (22)
Noun(11 words)
acceptanceacceptancesacceptationadopted statusadoptee statusadoptionsassimilatingassumingbill passage processborrowingcatalanizing
Verb(1 words)
adopting resolution
Strong matches (31)
Noun(11 words)
child adoptionembraceemergenceenactingenactmentespousalgermanisationimplementationinculcationinstitutionalizing standardsintegration
circumcisioncitizenship by naturalizationcitizenship paperscolonizationconquestconversioncopyingculture shockderivationderivingembraceembracementembracingencroachmentenslavementespousalimitationindentinfringementinvasion
Related words (53)
Noun(16 words)
iot shiftlegal adoptionlegislation passagemainstreamingordinance passageparental adoptionpenetrationsreceiptreceivingtech diffusiontractiontransplantstrend toward edtechuptakeuptakeswelcomes
mockingnationalizationnaturalizationnaturalized citizenshipnew birthnew lifeoccupationpaperspassagepasticciopastichepiratingplagiarismplagiaryplaying godpreemptionpreoccupationprepossessionrebirthredeemedness
Show 16 more words
redemptionreformationregenerationrequisitionsalvationsecond birthseizuresimulationspiritual purificationsubjugationtakeovertakingtaking overtrespasstrespassingusurpation
Verb(1 words)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
13 entriesappropriationapprovalapprovingblessingfamily law actionfamily statuskinship statuslegal proceedinglegal processorganizational changepolicy changeproceedingproceedings
More specific
8 entriesadult adopteecurriculum adoptioninternational adoptionminor adopteeopen adoptionprivate adoptionstandards adoptiontechnology adoption
Collocations
6 entriesadoption agencyadoption processadoption rateinternational adoptionopen adoptionprivate adoption
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
5 entriesTranslations
12 translations across 11 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- усвояване noun (choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so)
Catalan
1 entries- adopció noun (choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so)
Finnish
1 entries- adoptio noun (choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so)
Greek
1 entries- υιοθέτηση noun (choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so)
Indonesian
1 entries- adopsi noun (choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so)
Malay
2 entries- penerimaan noun (choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so)
- pengambilan noun (choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so)
Portuguese
1 entries- adoção noun (choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- uchd-mhacachd noun (choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so)
Spanish
1 entries- adopción noun (choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so)
Swedish
1 entries- anammande noun (choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so)
Turkish
1 entries- benimseme noun (choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so)
Sample sentences
22 total sentences available.
The puppy's single good eye begs me for adoption.
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Same-sex adoption rights are an important issue for the LGBT* community.
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The reduction of subsidies to the Cultural Heritage sector requires the adoption of a new paradigm.
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Showing 4 of 22 available sentences.