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affinity: a natural attraction or feeling of kinship; "an affinity for politics"; "the mysterious affinity between them"; "James's affinity with Sam"; inherent resemblance between persons or things; the force attracting atoms to each other and binding them together in a molecule; "basic dyes have an affinity for wool and silk"; (immunology) the attraction between an antigen and an antibody; a close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or character; "found a natural affinity with the immigrants"; "felt a deep kinship with the other students"; "anthropology's kinship with the humanities"; (biology) state of relationship between organisms or groups of organisms resulting in resemblance in structure or structural parts; "in anatomical structure prehistoric man shows close affinity with modern humans"; (anthropology) kinship by marriage or adoption; not a blood relationship

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penchant collapse

mutual attraction collapse

partiality collapse: an inclination to favor one group or view or opinion over alternatives

propensity collapse

proclivity collapse: a natural inclination; "he has a proclivity for exaggeration"

adduction collapse: (physiology) moving of a body part toward the central axis of the body

familiarity collapse: an act of undue intimacy; close or warm friendship; "the absence of fences created a mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy"; usualness by virtue of being familiar or well known

druthers collapse

predilection collapse: a predisposition in favor of something; "a predilection for expensive cars"; "his sexual preferences"; "showed a Marxist orientation"

centripetal force collapse: the inward force on a body moving in a curved path around another body

tropism collapse: an involuntary orienting response; positive or negative reaction to a stimulus source

feeling for collapse

sensitivity to collapse

friendship collapse: the state of being friends

nearness collapse: the spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance; "the sudden closeness of the dock sent him into action"

homology collapse: the quality of being similar or corresponding in position or value or structure or function

pulling power collapse

preference collapse: grant of favor or advantage to one over another (especially to a country or countries in matters of international trade, such as levying duties); the right or chance to choose; "given my druthers, I'd eat cake"; a strong liking; "my own preference is for good literature"; "the Irish have a penchant for blarney"

fascination collapse: the capacity to attract intense interest; "he held the children spellbound with magic tricks and other fascinations"; the state of being intensely interested (as by awe or terror)

traction collapse: (orthopedics) the act of pulling on a bone or limb (as in a fracture) to relieve pressure or align parts in a special way during healing; "his leg was in traction for several days"

intimacy collapse

congruence collapse

contiguity collapse

proximity collapse: the property of being close together; a Gestalt principle of organization holding that (other things being equal) objects or events that are near to one another (in space or time) are perceived as belonging together as a unit; the region close around a person or thing

good vibrations collapse

similarity collapse: the quality of being similar; a Gestalt principle of organization holding that (other things being equal) parts of a stimulus field that are similar to each other tend to be perceived as belonging together as a unit

gravitation collapse: a figurative movement toward some attraction; "the gravitation of the middle class to the suburbs"; movement downward resulting from gravitational attraction; "irrigation by gravitation rather than by pumps"

rapprochement collapse

soft spot collapse: a sentimental affection; "she had a soft spot for her youngest son"

leaning collapse: the act of deviating from a vertical position; an inclination to do something; "he felt leanings toward frivolity"

closeness collapse: characterized by a lack of openness (especially about one's actions or purposes); a feeling of being intimate and belonging together; "their closeness grew as the night wore on"

linkage collapse: the act of linking things together; a mechanical system of rods or springs or pivots that transmits power or motion; (genetics) traits that tend to be inherited together as a consequence of an association between their genes; all of the genes of a given chromosome are linked (where one goes they all go); an associative relation

amity collapse: a cordial disposition; a state of friendship and cordiality

sync collapse

allurement collapse: attractiveness; "its allurement was its remoteness"

relationship collapse: a relation between people; (`relationship' is often used where `relation' would serve, as in `the relationship between inflation and unemployment', but the preferred usage of `relationship' is for human relations or states of relatedness); "the relationship between mothers and their children"; a state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection); "he didn't want his wife to know of the relationship"; a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries

congruity collapse: the quality of agreeing; being suitable and appropriate

affairs collapse: transactions of professional or public interest; "news of current affairs"; "great affairs of state"

consanguinity collapse: (anthropology) related by blood

resemblance collapse: similarity in appearance or external or superficial details

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