paternity
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
the state of being a father
tests were conducted to determine paternity
Types & categories
- state hypernym
Related & opposite
- paternal derivation
Sense 2 noun
the kinship relation between an offspring and the father
Types & categories
- family relationship hypernym
Related & opposite
- agnate derivation
Sense 3 noun
the act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing
the authorship of the theory is disputed
Types & categories
- founding hypernym
Related & opposite
- author derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | paternal |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | state |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | agnate |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | family relationship |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | author |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | founding |