relatedness

[ ri-ley-tid-nis ]
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noun
  1. the state or condition of being associated or connected in content, purpose, effect, etc.: The paper makes much of the relatedness between anthropology and folklore studies.These two committees often meet in the same week because of staffing efficiencies and the relatedness of the issues.

  2. the quality, condition, or degree of being allied or linked by nature, origin, kinship, or an emotional or spiritual bond: DNA fingerprinting allows us to identify relatedness between individuals.Both theories emphasize the basic human need for relatedness that underlies interpersonal or social behavior.

Origin of relatedness

1
First recorded in 1670–80; related + -ness

Other words from relatedness

  • un·re·lat·ed·ness, noun

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How to use relatedness in a sentence

  • Thus significance is relatedness, but it is relatedness with the emphasis on one end only of the relation.

    The Concept of Nature | Alfred North Whitehead
  • The male and female are urged to love-play by the sexual impulse, and this necessarily involves a sense of inter-relatedness.

    Beauty and the Beast | Stewart A. McDowall
  • The method is the same as that employed by the statistician in measuring the relatedness of any two series of varying phenomena.

    The Social Direction of Evolution | William E. Kellicott
  • Froebel thought in this way through simple play to help the child little by little to feel the relatedness of all life.

  • My creation is the creation of a fuller understanding of relatedness.

    Beauty and the Beast | Stewart A. McDowall