Affinity (sociology)

Term in sociology

Relationships
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Types

|  Genetic or adoptive

* Kinship
* Family
* Stepfamily
* Parent
* Father
* Mother
* Son
* Daughter
* Grandparent
* Sibling
* Brother
* Sister
* Cousin
* Aunt
* Uncle
* Niece and nephew

By marriage

* Spouse
* Husband
* Wife
* Open marriage

* Polygamy
* Polyandry
* Polygyny

*     * Group marriage
* Mixed-orientation

Partner(s)

* Significant other
* Boyfriend
* Girlfriend
* Cohabitation
* Long-distance
* Online
* Same-sex
* Queerplatonic

Intimate and sexual

* Casual
* Monogamy
* Non-monogamy
* Mutual monogamy
* Polyamory
* Polyfidelity

* Affair
* Cicisbeo
* Concubinage
* Courtesan
* Mistress

Activities

* Bonding
* Courtship
* Dating
* Engagement
* Bachelor's Day
* Mating
* Meet market
* Romance
* Singles event
* Wedding

Endings

* Breakup
* Legal/marital separation
* Annulment
* Divorce
* Widowhood

Emotions and feelings

* Affinity
* Attachment
* Intimacy
* Jealousy
* Limerence
* Love
* Friend zone
* Platonic
* Romantic friendship
* Unconditional
* Passion
* Sexuality
* Non-romantic friendship
* Alliance
* Cross-sex
* Female
* Male

Practices

* Bride price
* dower
* dowry
* service
* Homogamy
* Hypergamy
* Infidelity
* Sexual activity
* Transgression
* Repression

Abuse

* Child
* Dating
* Domestic
* Elderly
* Narcissistic parent
* Controlling behavior
* Stalking

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Not to be confused with genetic affinity, also known as genetic distance.

Affinity in terms of sociology, refers to "kinship of spirit", interest and other interpersonal commonalities. Affinity is characterized by high levels of intimacy and sharing, usually in close groups, also known as affinity groups. It differs from affinity in law and Catholic canon law which generally refer to the marriage relationship. Social affinity is generally thought of as "marriage" to ideas, ideals and causes shared by a tight community of people.

## Theories

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In Social affinity in a modern world, Boston College professor, James Allan Vela-McConnell explores the emergence of the concept of "social affinity" bridging classical sociology and social psychology, identifying "the notion of social cohesion" based upon the sentiment of moral obligation.[1]

Max Weber articulated "Elective Affinities".[2]

## Examples

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Affinity is shown or demonstrated by an individual identifying with a subculture, ethnicity, or other groups, within a larger national culture. Self-identification with a group is a valid form of expressing affinity.[3][4]

## References

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1. ^ Vela-McConnell, James Allan (1997). Who is my neighbor? Social affinity in a modern world (Thesis). OCLC 39933294. ProQuest 304335982.
2. ^ Howe, Richard Herbert (1978). "Max Weber's Elective Affinities: Sociology Within the Bounds of Pure Reason". American Journal of Sociology. 84 (2): 366–385\. doi:10.1086/226788. JSTOR 2777853. S2CID 142983297.
3. ^ Carroll, Rebecca (1 April 2017). "Opinion | Black and Proud. Even if Strangers Can't Tell". The New York Times.
4. ^ McConnell, Scott (20 April 2017). "The Battle for France". The American Conservative.

## Further reading

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* Vela-McConnell, James A. (1999). Who Is My Neighbor?: Social Affinity in a Modern World. SUNY Press. ISBN 978-0-7914-4312-5. ProQuest 304335982.
* Panigrahy, Rina; Najork, Marc; Xie, Yinglian (2012). "How user behavior is related to social affinity". Proceedings of the fifth ACM international conference on Web search and data mining - WSDM '12. p. 713\. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.651.2517. doi:10.1145/2124295.2124379. ISBN 978-1-4503-0747-5. S2CID 15300350.
* Shin, Eui Hang; Chin, Seung Kwon (1 March 1989). "Social affinity among top managerial executives of large corporations in Korea". Sociological Forum. 4 (1): 3–26\. doi:10.1007/BF01112614. JSTOR 684433. S2CID 154932912. INIST 6548387.
* Hong, Minsung; Jung, Jason J.; Camacho, David (3 April 2017). "GRSAT: A Novel Method on Group Recommendation by Social Affinity and Trustworthiness". Cybernetics and Systems. 48 (3): 140–161\. doi:10.1080/01969722.2016.1276770. S2CID 31874810.
* Briseno-Jaramillo, M.; Ramos-Fernández, G.; Palacios-Romo, T. M.; Sosa-López, J. R.; Lemasson, A. (7 December 2018). "Age and social affinity effects on contact call interactions in free-ranging spider monkeys". Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 72 (12): 1–17\. doi:10.1007/s00265-018-2615-2. JSTOR 45132533. S2CID 54452369. ProQuest 2151638257.
* Reinhardt, Delphine; Engelmann, Franziska; Moerov, Andrey; Hollick, Matthias (2015). "Show me your phone, I will tell you who your friends are". Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia. pp. 75–83\. doi:10.1145/2836041.2836048. ISBN 978-1-4503-3605-5. S2CID 5910730.
* Beach, Frank A. (1 January 1970). "Coital Behaviour in Dogs. VIII. Social Affinity, Dominance and Sexual Preference in the Bitch". Behaviour. 36 (1–2): 131–147\. doi:10.1163/156853970X00088. JSTOR 4533323.1–2&rft.pages=131-147&rft.date=1970-01-01&rft_id=info:doi/10.1163/156853970X00088&rft_id=https://www.jstor.org/stable/4533323#id-name=JSTOR&rft.aulast=Beach&rft.aufirst=Frank+A.&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Affinity+(sociology)" class="Z3988">
* Luebker, Malte (30 July 2021). "Can the structure of inequality explain fiscal redistribution? Revisiting the social affinity hypothesis" (PDF). Socio-Economic Review. 19 (2): 735–763\. doi:10.1093/ser/mwz005.

## External links

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* Using Group Composition Data to Measure Social Affinity: A New Method John Pepper, Santa Fe Institute

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Interpersonal relationships

Types|

| Romantic|

* Boyfriend
* Girlfriend
* Cohabitation
* Significant other
* Domestic partnership
* Same-sex relationship
* Monogamy
* Civil union
* Marriage
* Civil marriage
* Husband
* Wife
* Soulmate
* Widowhood

|

Non-monogamy|

* Open relationship
* Open marriage
* Polyamory
* Polyfidelity
* Polygamy
* Concubinage
* Mistress

Sexual|

* Casual sex
* Casual dating
* Friends with benefits
* Enjo kōsai
* Sexual partner
* One-night stand
* Courtesan
* Gigolo
* Queerplatonic relationship
* Sugar dating

Non-romantic, Non-sexual|

* Acquaintance
* Alliance
* Enemy
* Friendship
* Heterosociality
* Cross-sex
* Homosociality
* Bromance
* Female
* Male
* Womance
* Recession
* Kinship
* Family
* Siblings
* Platonic
* Stranger
* Familiar
* Consequential
* Rental
* Sycophancy

Historical|

* Cicisbeo
* Seraglio
* Plaçage
* Marriage à la façon du pays
* Royal mistress
* Royal favourite
* Maîtresse-en-titre
* Romantic friendship

Events|

* Initiation
* Flirting
* First date
* Matchmaking
* Meet market
* Singles event
* Bonding
* Courtship
* Dating
* Romance
* Mating
* Wedding
* Breakup
* Annulment
* Divorce
* Separation
* Legal
* Marital

Emotions|

* Affinity
* Attachment
* Compersion
* Intimacy
* Jealousy
* Limerence
* Loneliness
* Love
* Passion
* Unconditional love

Practices|

* Homogamy
* Hypergamy
* Bride price
* Mahr
* Dower
* Dowry
* Gold digging
* Infidelity
* Mésalliance
* Relationship anarchy
* Repression
* Sexual activity
* Transgression

Abuse|

* Child abuse
* Dating violence
* Domestic violence
* Elder abuse

See also|

* Agape
* Broken heart
* Free love
* Lovesickness
* Obsessive love disorder
* Single person
* Singleton (lifestyle)
* Unrequited love

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