Definition of paternities Paternities
We found 3 definitions of paternities from 2 different sources.
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What does paternities mean?
Wiktionary 
- paternities (Noun)
Plural of paternity.
Part of speech
🔤- paternities, noun, plural of paternity.
WordNet
NounPlural: paternities |
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| paternity - the state of being a father; "tests were conducted to determine paternity" | ||
| state the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state" | ||
| paternity - the act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing; "the authorship of the theory is disputed" | ||
| authorship | ||
| founding, instauration, origination, innovation, initiation, institution, creation, foundation, introduction the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new; "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new scientific society" | ||
| paternity - the kinship relation between an offspring and the father | ||
| fatherhood | ||
| family relationship, kinship, relationship (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption | ||
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Wiktionary
- paternity (Noun)
fatherhood, being a father. - paternity (Noun)
Parental descent from a father. - paternity (Noun)
Legal acknowledgement of a man's fatherhood of a child. - paternity (Noun)
authorship.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- paternity (n.)
The relation of a father to his child; fathership; fatherhood; family headship; as, the divine paternity. - paternity (n.)
Derivation or descent from a father; male parentage; as, the paternity of a child. - paternity (n.)
Origin; authorship.
Part of speech
🔤- paternity, noun, singular of paternities.
