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GENEALOGY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The study or investigation of ancestry and family history
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("genealogy" is a kind of...):
bailiwick; discipline; field; field of study; study; subject; subject area; subject field (a branch of knowledge)
Derivation:
genealogic (of or relating to genealogy)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Successive generations of kin
Synonyms:
family tree; genealogy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("genealogy" is a kind of...):
clan; kin; kin group; kindred; kinship group; tribe (group of people related by blood or marriage)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "genealogy"):
ancestry; blood; blood line; bloodline; descent; line; line of descent; lineage; origin; parentage; pedigree; stemma; stock (the descendants of one individual)
Derivation:
genealogical (of or relating to genealogy)
genealogist (an expert in genealogy)
