Associations to the word «Paternity»

Wiktionary

PATERNITY, noun. Fatherhood, being a father
PATERNITY, noun. Parental descent from a father
PATERNITY, noun. (legal) legal acknowledgement of a man's fatherhood of a child
PATERNITY, noun. (figuratively) authorship
PATERNITY LEAVE, noun. A leave of absence from a job for a father to care of a baby.
PATERNITY LEAVES, noun. Plural of paternity leave
PATERNITY SUIT, noun. A lawsuit to identify a child's father and establish child support.
PATERNITY SUITS, noun. Plural of paternity suit
PATERNITY TEST, noun. A test done to determine the biological father of a child.
PATERNITY TESTS, noun. Plural of paternity test

Dictionary definition

PATERNITY, noun. The state of being a father; "tests were conducted to determine paternity".
PATERNITY, noun. The kinship relation between an offspring and the father.
PATERNITY, noun. The act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing; "the authorship of the theory is disputed".

Wise words

To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's experiences in common.
Friedrich Nietzsche