adherence
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
faithful support for a cause or political party or religion
attachment to a formal agenda
Types & categories
- support hypernym
- ecclesiasticism hyponym
- kabbalism hyponym
- royalism hyponym
- traditionalism hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition
the mutual adhesiveness of cells
Types & categories
- stickiness hypernym
Related & opposite
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | bond |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | adhere |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | support |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ecclesiasticism |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | kabbalism |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | royalism |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | traditionalism |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | cling |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | bond |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | adhesive |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | adherent |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | stickiness |