Sentence examples for fictive kin from inspiring English sources
noun
Someone who, though unrelated by birth or marriage, has such a close emotional relationship with another that they may be considered part of the family.
Sociologists have described Islamic militant groups as communities creating "fictive kin", a substitute family.
Families tended to be large, augmented by extended kin and fictive kin relations.
Two Web developers from a company called Fictive Kin joked about Russian spammers.
But on several occasions, Lane had gone all-in for the practice of creating fictive kin, recruiting young men as surrogate sons without legally adopting them.
Prior to Pearl, Tyler was a partner at Fictive Kin, building web and mobile products for the likes of Atlantic Media, Betaworks, the Collaborative Fund and Swissmiss.
Within 24 hours, Mr. Koczon had built TeuxDeux with Evan Haas, also a Studiomates member and Mr. Koczon's partner at Fictive Kin.
In the Japanese empire the move to Asia was expressed as a reunion with the Asian kin, however fictive that was.
The reflective gesture of the imagination further served as a significant source of affective care through the establishment of fictive kinship, which involves imaginary kin ties: I know they are not my mother but I'm here to care for them.
Into what fictive world can imagination translate you, Flaccus, and your kin?.
The New Yorker, May 24 , 1969P. 44 Into what fictive world can imagination translate you, Flaccus, and your kin?..
By W. H. Auden The New Yorker, May 24 , 1969P. 44 Into what fictive world can imagination translate you, Flaccus, and your kin?..
