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Descent

nounid 42000·updated May 18, 2026
verified

the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors

polysemous

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Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier

Sensitivity

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Information Class

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Variants

synonym
ancestrybloodblood linebloodlineextractionfallfiliationlineline of descentlineageoriginparentagepedigreestemmastock
plural
Descents
possessive
Descent's
pluralpossessive
Descents'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary6 sensesview framework →
§1
the act of changing your location in a downward direction
§2
properties attributable to your ancestry
§3
a movement downward
§4
the descendants of one individual
§5
a downward slope or bend
§6
the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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