Paternity

//pəˈtɜːnɪti//

Synonyms for "paternity" (58 found)

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Closest matches (12)

fatherhood affiliation agnation alliance ancestry authorship blood blood relationship brotherhood brothership cognation

Noun(1 words)

Strong matches (17)

common ancestry common descent connection consanguinity cousinhood cousinship descent enation extraction family fatherliness filiation fraternity

Noun(4 words)

dadness fatherhood fatherness fathership

Related words (29)

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9 relation types

More general

13 entries

creation family relationship foundation founding initiation innovation instauration institution introduction kinship origination relationship state

Synonyms

2 entries

authorship fatherhood

Related terms

2 entries

affiliation maternity

derived

7 entries

grandpaternity heteropaternity nonpaternity paternity leave paternity suit paternity test primipaternity

derived from

1 entries

pater

has context

1 entries

legal

is a

1 entries

state

related to

8 entries

affiliation authorship fatherhood maternity paternal paternity leave paternity suit paternity test

similar

1 entries

fatherhood

Translations

1 translations across 1 languages.

Latin

1 entries

paternitās noun (parental descent from father's side)

Sample sentences

8 total sentences available.

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Tom is on paternity leave.

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We should guarantee paid maternity leave and paid paternity leave, too. That’s how you value families.

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Finland offers fathers nine weeks of paternity leave.

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Many countries supplement pregnancy and maternity leave with at least a few weeks of paternity leave.

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