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filiation

/fil-ee-ey-shuhn/US // ˌfɪl iˈeɪ ʃən //UK // (ˌfɪlɪˈeɪʃən) //

孝顺,孝道,孝敬,孝顺度

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the fact of being the child of a certain parent.
    • : descent as if from a parent; derivation.
    • : Law. the judicial determination of the paternity of a child, especially of one born out of wedlock.
    • : the relation of one thing to another from which it is derived.
    • : the act of filiating.
    • : the state of being filiated.
    • : an affiliated branch, as of a society.

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Examples

  • I am not sufficiently acquainted with the filiation of the Indian tribes, to know what relation the Botecudos bear to the Tupayas.

  • It is therefore strange that no critic should have emphasized and explained the close filiation between him and Montaigne.

  • The filiation of modern European tongues is known to every one.

  • The second fallacy which the historical citation is a little apt to suggest is that the filiation of ideas is a simple problem.

  • It appeared to me that, as it were, a spiritual filiation took place between him and me.

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