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affiliation Definition

af·filia·tion (ə fil′ē ās̸hən)

noun

an affiliating or being affiliated; connection, as with an organization, club, etc.

affiliation Synonyms

affiliation

n.

association, connection, alliance; see association 1.

affiliation Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • indicate: List all authors and indicate the institutional affiliation of each author.
  • seek: I need not tell scholars of Buddhism how rare it is for a Western Buddhist organization to seek active affiliation with an Asian parent.
  • have: They have no affiliation with the former Austrian emperor dynasty.

Adjective modifier

  • denominational: Again, however, denominational affiliation makes little difference to matters of national identity and constitutional preference.
  • institutional: Membership in the GB represented the first formal institutional affiliation for all the women.
  • religious: The majority of private school students attend schools with some religious affiliation, most commonly with the Catholic Church.
  • tribal: The Cherokee have the largest tribal affiliation in the US, but most are of mixed ancestry and do not speak the language.
  • sectarian: Comparisons were also carried out with subsets of private schools categorized by sectarian affiliation.
  • political: Comrade Rix's political affiliations are mentioned only in passing.

Modifies a noun

  • fee: The counties ' funding comes mainly from affiliation fees from member leagues.

Noun used with modifier

  • kinship: The compound is headed by the oldest male inhabitant, irrespective of his kinship affiliation with the other residents of the group.
  • fighter: Flying Officer CASHMAN and Flying Officer SAUNDERS posted to this station for fighter affiliation duties.
  • party: US states elect their attorney generals, who have party affiliations.
  • union: The case for trade union affiliation to the Labor Party is not weakened by these criticisms.
  • college: College Affiliation A college affiliation will be made available in the case of an external appointee.
  • trade: The case for trade union affiliation to the Labor Party is not weakened by these criticisms.

Possessives

  • author: Authors ' affiliations: postal addresses, e-mail addresses.

Preposition: of

  • author(s: Abstracts should *not* include the name and affiliation of the author(s ).
  • author: Numbers should be used to identify the affiliation of each author.

Preposition: with

  • person: Be used to impersonate any person, or to misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any person.