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noun
Fatherhood, the state or quality of being a father.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Parental descent from a father.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Legal acknowledgement of a man's fatherhood of a child.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: law
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noun
Authorship.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, figuratively, uncountable
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noun
the act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: authorship
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: initiation, founding, foundation, institution, origination, creation, innovation, introduction, instauration
noun
the kinship relation between an offspring and the father
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: fatherhood
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: kinship, family relationship, relationship
noun
the state of being a father
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: state
History
From Middle French paternité, from Old French, from Latin paternitās (“paternity”), from paternus (“of or pertaining to a father, paternal”) + -itās, from pater (“father”).
Across languages
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