relatedness

[ ri-ley-tid-nis ]

noun

1. the state or condition of being associated or connected in content, purpose, effect, etc.:

   The paper makes much of the relatedness between anthropology and folklore studies.

   These two committees often meet in the same week because of staffing efficiencies and the relatedness of the issues.

2. the quality, condition, or degree of being allied or linked by nature, origin, kinship, or an emotional or spiritual bond:

   DNA fingerprinting allows us to identify relatedness between individuals.

   Both theories emphasize the basic human need for relatedness that underlies interpersonal or social behavior.

Other Words From

• un·re·lat·ed·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of relatedness¹

First recorded in 1670–80; related ( def ) + -ness ( def )

Example Sentences

In this approach, the AI learns to weigh the relatedness among the outcomes while capturing their differences from the multimodal data, Lu adds.

From Science Daily

The pattern of relatedness indicated the roaches achieved world dominance in two waves, both likely aided by humans.

From Science Magazine

The associated people seem to have been a large, well-connected community, where genetic relatedness played a significant role in the mortuary ritual.

From Science Daily

Perhaps chastened by past criticisms, geneticists are now quick to concede that biological relatedness is only one element of kinship.

From Science Magazine

Over hundreds of millions of years, gene sequences mutate so much that any signal about the relatedness of different lineages is washed out.

From Scientific American