Affiliation
Affiliation noun - The state of having shared interests or efforts (as in social or business matters).
Group and affiliation are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Group" instead a noun "Affiliation".
Nearby Words: affiliate, affiliated, affiliating
Group
Group noun - A number of things considered as a unit.
Affiliation and group are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Affiliation" instead a noun "Group".
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| old | old affiliation | old group |
| particular | particular affiliation | particular group |
| specific | specific affiliation | specific group |
| rival | rival affiliation | rival group |
| Other adjectives: current, original, initial, actual, real, secret, religious, political, former, military, organized, different, previous, largest. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Some of them join the Tower witches, while others join the Workshop witches group, depending on their affiliation.
Source: Evolving Credits -
FaceHeel Turn: Rollins served as a good guy on NXT prior to appearing with The Shield, but promptly turned heel on the show when his affiliation with the group became prominent.
Source: Wrestling / Seth Rollins -
Sometimes combined with Straw Affiliation to make it extra insane: If you have Trait X you belong to group Y, and everyone in group Y are Z.
Source: Aggressive Categorism
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