affinity group

collocation in English

meaningsofaffinityandgroup

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affinity
noun
uk
/əˈfɪn.ə.ti/us
/əˈfɪn.ə.t̬i/
a liking or sympathy for someone or something, especially because of ...
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group
noun
uk
/ɡruːp/us
/ɡruːp/
a number of people or things that are put together or considered as ...
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(Definition ofaffinityandgroupfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofaffinity group

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Each agent was placed into one of several affinity groups, and a congregation is stable if and only if it contains only members of the sameaffinitygroup.
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I think that some of the youth fares are open to this objection, and so are theaffinitygrouprules.
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I can take them to people who will almost instantly offer a ready-made constitution for forming anaffinitygroup.
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I know from friends of mine that even anaffinitygroupcan give support to a distressed parent.
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There have been an increasing number of complaints about the activities of the operators ofaffinitygrouptravel.
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The new scheme should do away with all the distasteful and at times illegal activities to which the presentaffinitygroupsystem has given rise.
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We are reviewing the arrangements foraffinitygroupcharter flights generally and hope to make a statement soon.
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I turn to the question ofaffinitygrouprules.
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At the moment it is not an offence to offer to the public tickets on a flight which does not comply with the "affinitygroup" rules.
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In this type of scheme, where there is noaffinitygrouplink—perhaps they are all hairdressers—it may be harder to establish a properly representative board of trustees.
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In most cases a percentage of the value of the card is returned to theaffinitygroup.
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Instead, insurrectionary anarchists support informal organization and smallaffinitygroupbased organization.
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Instead, insurrectionary anarchists advocate informal organization and smallaffinitygroupbased organization.
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Caledonian grew rapidly over the coming years to become the leading transatlanticaffinitygroupcharter operator by the end of the decade.
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Spokes is short for spokesperson, selected by eachaffinitygroupor cluster to represent them in the spokescouncil.
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Relevant affinity groups or categories, then, are not simply those into which we sort ourselves or others.
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In addition, the authorities fined the airlines operating these flights for each bogus passenger whose name happened to appear on the passenger list of anaffinitygroupcharter.
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If we reject the notion of essence, then the identification of affinity groups and the use of the litany of differences become problematic.
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Members of affinity groups are associated with a given semiotic domain and can easily recognize each other as insiders of the group.
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