kindhood

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noun

The quality of being of a kind or sort.

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Meanings

nounkindhood (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe quality of being of a kind or sort.

    Foucault recognizes that different forms of categorization are based on different forms of kindhood.

    1999, Mark Olssen, Michel Foucault: Materialism and Education, page 58
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    Biological taxa and chemical elements have been the twin paradigms of natural kinds, and it has often been assumed that the kindhood of biological taxa must be just like the kindhood of chemical elements.

    2008, Paul E. Griffiths, What Emotions Really Are, page 202

Origin

From kind + -hood.

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APA

kindhood. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kindhood

MLA

“kindhood.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kindhood. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kindhood,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kindhood.

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