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Definition: Relationship

Relationship

Noun

1. A relation between people; (`relationship' is often used where `relation' would serve (as in "the relationship between inflation and unemployment")) preferred usage of `relationship' is for human relations or states of relatedness; "the relationship between mothers and children".

2. A state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection); "he didn't want his wife to know of the relationship".

3. A state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries.

4. State of relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "relationship" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Relationship

DomainDefinition

Computing

Any association existing in the conceptual scheme of a database. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Mathematical relation

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

In mathematics, an n-ary relation (or often simply relation) is a generalization of binary relations such as "=" and "<" which occur in statements such as "5 < 6" or "2 + 2 = 4". It is the fundamental notion in the relational model for databases.

Formally, a relation over the sets X1, ..., Xn is an n+1-ary tuple R=(X1, ..., Xn, G(R)) where G(R) is a subset of X1 × ... × Xn (the Cartesian product of these sets). G(R) is called the graph of R and, similar to the case of binary relation, R is often identified as its graph.

An n-ary predicate is a truth-valued function of n variables.

Because a relation as above defines uniquely an n-ary predicate that holds for x1, ..., xn iff (x1, ..., xn) is in R, and vice versa, the relation and the predicate are often denoted with the same symbol. So, for example, the following two statements are considered to be equivalent:

( x1 , x2 , ... ) ∈ R
R( x1 , x2 , ... )

Relations are classified according to the number of sets in the Cartesian product; in other words the number of terms in the expression: Relations with more than 4 terms are usually called called n-ary; for example "a 5-ary relation".

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Mathematical relation."

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Personal relationship

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

The phrase personal relationship characterises some sort of connection between two or more people; or possibly between a person and an animal.

It includes:

A friend of a friend of someone may well be a friend of him or her, there is some transitivity. However, if two people have a sexual relationship with the same person, they may well be competitors rather than friends. Accordingly, sexual behavior with the sexual partner of a friend may well damage the friendship.

In a marriage or loving/sexual relationship there is often, but not always, an implicit or explicit agreement that the partners will not have sex with someone else. The extent to which physical intimacy with other people is accepted may vary. For example, a man may accept more physical intimacy between his wife and a female friend of her than if it is a male friend. (See also jealousy.)

The rise of individualism and of psychology may have led to the explosion of concern about one's personal relationships (or, in popular parlance, simply: "relationships"). Modern popular culture expects relationships to exist and to become laden with depth and meaningfulness. Pair-bonded sexual relationships receive particular attention in this context, but sociology recognises many other inter-personal links of greater or less duration and/or significance.

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Relationship

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

See:

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Relationship."

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Relationship between segments of Judaism

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

This article discusses the relationship between the various modern day denominations of Judaism, as well as between ancient divisions of Judaism.

Relationship between Jews in ancient Israel

The Talmud states that the Temple in Jerusalem was destroyed because the Jews did not get along with each other

Modern History

Ultra-Orthodox views of Judaism

When dealing with others of their own faith who have different philosophies, Ultra-Orthodox Jews often perceive differences to be generated by heretical intent or a perceived attack on Judaism. Thus Ultra-Orthodox rabbis and rabbinical organizations grant no legitimacy whatsoever to any form of Judaism other than their own. They view Reform Judaism, Reconstructionist Judaism and Conservative Judaism as heretical movements whose actions are more damaging to the Jewish people than any physical threat.

Modern Orthodox views of Judaism

When dealing with others of their own faith who have different philosophies, Modern Orthodox Jews try to understand that differences have not been generated by heretical intent, but by an honest attempt to reconcile modernity with the Jewish tradition. Thus, although Modern Orthodox Jews find all non-Orthodox forms of Judaism to be wrong, they are usually not viewed as enemies per se; rather they are perceived to be competitors offering an inferior product, so to speak, and that the masses of these movements need to be enlightened as to the superiority of the Orthodox stance.

Until the 1970s there always had been a significant level of cooperation between Modern Orthodox and the non-Orthodox branches of Judaism; they worked together in the now-defunct Synagogue Council of America. However, the relationship between Modern Orthodoxy and the non-Orthodox movements has worsened over the last few decades. Ultra-Orthodox Judaism has seen a great resurgence in its popularity, and many formerly Modern Orthodox rabbis have been awayed to some degree by their views. Similarly Reform Judaism unilaterally created a new definition of Judaism, effectively severing the united peoplehood that had linked Reform and non-Reform denominations together. For practically all Orthodox Jews (and many Conservative Jews) this was seen as a deliberate move to split the Jewish people into two mutually incompatible groups. The confluence of these two phenomenon helped drive most of Modern Orthodoxy further to the right, and effectively ended all official cooperation between Modern Orthodoxy and all of the non-Orthodox denominations.

Conservative views of other denominations

Conservative Judaism holds that Orthodox Judaism is a valid and legitimate form of normative rabbinic Judaism; its respects the validity of its rabbis. Conservative Judaism holds that both Reform and Reconstructionist Judaism have made major breaks with the historic definition of Judaism, both by their rejection of Jewish law and tradition as normative, and by their unilateral acts in creating a separate definition of Jewishness (i.e. the latter movement's acceptance of patrilineal descent as an additional way of defining Jewishness.) Depite the Conservative movement disagreement with the more liberal movements, it does respect the right of Reform and Reconstructionist Jews to interpret Judaism in their own way. Thus the Conservative movement recognizes the right of Jews to form such denominations, and recognizes their clergy as rabbis, but does not automatically respect or accept their decisions as valid.

A prominent Conservative spokesman has written that "Reform has asserted the right of interpretation but it rejected the authority of legal tradition. Orthodoxy has clung fast to the principle of authority, but has in our own and recent generations rejected the right to any but minor interpretations. The Conservative view is that both are necessary for a living Judaism. Accordingly, Conservative Judaism holds itself bound by the Jewish legal tradition, but asserts the right of its rabbinical body, acting as a whole, to interpret and to apply Jewish law." Source: Rabbi Mordecai Waxman "Tradition and Change: The Development of Conservative Judaism"

Conservative Jews believe that that Orthodoxy had deviated from historical Judaism through an excessive concern with recent codifications of Jewish law. The Conservative movement consciously rejects the Orthodox mythology of Jewish history, which entails near total deference to seemingly infallible rabbis, and instead holds that a more fluid model is both necessary and theologically and historically justifiable. The Conservative movement makes a conscious effort to use historical sources to determine what kind of changes occurred, how and why they occurred, and in what historical context. With this information they believe that can better understand the proper way for rabbis to interpret and apply Jewish law to our conditions today. 

Reform and Reconstuctionist views

(to be written.)


Ultra-Orthodox views of non-Orthodox Denominations


Ultra-Orthodox views of Modern Orthodox Jews

The relationship between ultra-Orthodox Jews and Modern Orthodox Jews is more complex; some see these different groups as allies, others see them as enemies. 




Attacks on non-Orthodox Jews at the Western Wall

There have been many documented attacks by mobs of Ultra-Orthodox Jews on other Jews worshipping at the Kotel (the Western Wall of the Temple in Jerusalem) during the Jewish fast day of Tisha B'Av. For most of the past decade, when Conservative Jewish women prayed near the Western Wall (their services are always held away from it, not at it) the result was often an assault. Death threats have been received over the telephone. Many of these telehpone calls were confirmed by the Israeli police as coming from Ultra-Orthodox Yeshivas. Jews are safe from attack at the Western Wall as long as they outwardly followed only Orthodox Jewish practice. 

The targets of these attacks were sometimes Conservative Jews, sometimes Reform Jews, and sometimes feminist Modern Orthodox Jews. An extensive list of links (at the end of this article) documents these attacks.



Strife between Ultra-Orthodox groups

Some ultra-Orthodox groups have a history of physically attacking each other.


"The Hasidic sects, actually poles apart from each other theologically, contended not only with non-Hasidic, non-Jewish neighbors but also with each other, often on ideological issues in addition to political control of their neighborhoods, much like the Hasidic rabbinic feuds of 18th and 19th-century Poland and Russia.  Physical struggles often erupted: in spring 1975 the Satmar hung an effigy of the Lubuvitcher Rebbe from a telephone pole. In the summer of 1977 and 1978 physical conflict arose between Lubavitcher (Crown Heights) and Satmar (Williamsburg) Hasidism over turf, over differing views of involvement in North American society, and over attitudes toward the state of Israel. And Belzer and Satmar Hasidism, two years later, clashed in the synagogue of the Congregation Belz over a similar ideological issue. (18)"


"In the spring of 1981 hundreds of Satmar, who fiercely oppose Zionism and a Zionist state not established by the Messiah, again pelted a Belz synagogue in Williamburg with eggs and bottles, and threatened to harm the Gran Rebbe of the Belz if he came for a visit from Israel to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Belz's arrival in North America. Rabbi Rokeach, whose followers, like the Lubavitcher Hasidim, supported the Israeli government, came anyway. And in the summer of 1983 Lubavitch leaders accused the Satmar of abducting a Hasidic rabbi of the Borough Park Lubavitch sect (who had left the Satmar community), forcing him into a van, assaulting him, and then shaving him of his beard (and Orthodox sign of piety) before dumping him in the street. (19)

"Profiles in American Judaism" Marc Lee Raphael, Harper & Row, Publishers, 1984


(Footnote 18) New York Times, 1 June 1977, Part 2, page 1; 29 October 1979, Part 2, page 3.  Bernard Weinberger "Satmar and Lubavitch: The Dynamics of Disagreement" Jewish Life, Part 2, no.2-3 (Fall-Winter 1977-1978): p.55-65

(Footnote 19) New York Times, 8 March 1981, Part 4, page 6.


Attacks on Israeli archaeologists

There have been acrimonious disputes in Jerusalem over the issue of the exhumation of the bones of Jews. According to the Orthodox interpretation, land even suspected of containing Jewish remains should remain untouched, so as to facilitate resurrection of the dead. This interpretation led to considerable conflict between Atra Kadisha, an organization devoted to preserving Jewish burial sites, and archeologists and civil engineers.

In 1982 and 1983, Atra Kadisha led public protests against the archeological excavations at the City of David. According to Atra Kadisha, the site contained a medieval Jewish cemetery. The archeologists, who denied this, succeeded in completing the excavations. In 1992, a number of tombs from the Second Temple period were uncovered during construction of a major highway interchange in French Hill and a large burial area which archeologists insisted was Christian, because of the presence of Christian symbols, was uncovered during construction of the Mamilla project. Archeologists removed and then, following violent protests, returned for burial, the bones and sarcophagi of one tomb from French Hill. At Mamilla, the builders removed the bones and bulldozed the burial area in the dead of night. The young demonstrators who reacted introduced a new level of violence into religious-secular disputes, violently confronting the police, stoning cars, and burning garbage dumpsters.

[Encyclopaedia Judaica, Keter Publishing. Article "State of Israel: Religious Life and Communities; DEVELOPMENTS IN THE JEWISH COMMUNITY TO THE THROUGH THE 1980S TO THE EARLY 1990s"]


The rest is yet to be integrated into the body of this article

Rabbi Norman Lamm writes: "Haredim are accommodating themselves to the idea that unity is impossible, that we are already broken up into two separate peoples. A lead article in the January 20, 1998, Yediot Acharonot, tells it all; it is entitled, 'Nipared ki-yedidim', 'let us part as friends.  Let me record a personal note: A few years ago I met with one of the most prominent Hasidic rabbis. In the course of a pleasant conversation, I complained about an article by the editor of a newspaper published by this group, in which he wrote that he is doesn't understand why there is such a tumult about Kelal Yisrael (a term denoting the totality of the Jewish people), when after all, 'according to our calculation there are no more than about a million people who belong in this group.' I asked the Rebbe if I and my parents and wife and children and grandchildren are considered part of Klal Yisrael (Hebrew for "the Jewish People"). His painfully ambiguous and evasive answer was, 'Rav Lamm, ihr fregt tzu harb a kashe' (Yiddish for: 'Rabbi Lamm, you are posing too difficult a question.')"

From "Integrity or Unity: Which?" excerpts of an address at The Orthodox Union National Rabbinic Centennial Medallion Awards Dinner, by Norman Lamm, President, Yeshiva University, on February 25, 1998.
http://www.yu.edu/lamm/O-U-print-98.html

In Israel Lt. Gamliel Peretz was stripped of his rank and dismissed from the Israel Defense Forces. Last week, Lt. Peretz, delivering a lecture on the status of women in Judaism to a group of soldiers, stated that he does not recognize Conservative and Reform Jews as Jews and that Reform and Conservative Judaism have caused the assimilation of more than 8 million Jews, doing more damage to the Jewish people than the Holocaust. The lecture was given when Lt. Peretz overheard a conversation where soldiers expressed the view that the Torah was chauvinistic. At the start of the lecture Lt. Peretz pointed out that Jewish men bless God, first thing in the morning, "Sh'Lo Asani Isha" (Who has not made me a woman). Two members of the Masorti Garin Nachal (one the daughter of a Conservative rabbi and one the daughter of a Reform rabbi) pointed out that there are Jews with a different Nusach. The Masorti Siddur says "Sheasani Betzalmo" (Who has formed me in his image). This led to the offensive and obnoxious comments. They were objected to by these two Masorti Garin Nachal women. After seeking and failing to obtain a retraction from Lt.Peretz, these soldiers filed an official objection within military channels, leading to an investigation and then to Peretz's dismissal. He did apologize for the words he chose but continue to maintain the idea behind the words was true. 

Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, one of the foremost Orthodox halakhic authorities in the world, and spiritual leader of the Shas party, related in his weekly sermon to Reform women who pray while wearing a tallit. He talked about Michal, daughter of King Saul who put on tefillin every day (Eruvin 96a) even though women are exempt from wearing tefillin. He explained that the Sages did not excommunicate her because they knew that she did so "for the sake of Heaven. Not like these wicked women, the Reform, who do everything in order to bash Judaism; they should be wrapped in a tallit and buried."

...whether he intended to or not, Rabbi Yosef was inciting Jews to commit violence against or even murder other Jews during the very week when we commemorate the sixth anniversary of the Rabin assassination which taught us what can happen when Jewish leaders incite violence. Murder is obviously forbidden by Jewish law, but Resh Lakish says that even a "person who raises his hand against his friend, even if he does not strike him, is called wicked". 

Of burials, body bags and rabbis


Ultra-Orthodox Response

Many Orthodox Jews believe strongly that any form of Judaism other than their own is not Judaism at all; they hold that all forms of Judaism (except their own) are destructive to the Jewish people. In response, all non-Orthodox Jews, and some Modern Orthodox Jews, are incensed that their beliefs are deemed heretical by the Ultra-Orthodox community. 

Many Ultra-Orthodox leaders claim that other Jewish groups disobey the Torah; they claim that it is a result of the changes in procedure and philosophy made by the leaders of other Jewish groups. Other Jewish group's leaders vigorously proclaim that they have as much right to determine the development of Judaism as any other Jews.

Ultra-Orthodox claim that other Jewish groups are more supportive of intermarriage of Jews and non-Jews. All denominations of Judaism agree that if assimilation and intermarriage go unchecked, then much of Judaism will eventually die out. These groups differ significantly in how they respond to these issues.

Ultra-Orthodox leaders claim that only Orthodox Jews have the right to be part of the Government-sponsored religious leadership in Israel, and that other Jews should not be allowed to hold such positions. Other Jewish groups find this to be discriminatory.

Ultra-Orthodox claim that the mere presence of non-Orthodox forms of prayer at the Kotel (Western Wall of the Temple in Jerusalem) constitutes a desecration of the Kotel. Ultra-Orthodox Jews hold that they alone own the Kotel, and that no Jews may pray there unless it is in accord with their procedures. Modern Orthodox Jews and non-Orthodox Jews find these claims incredulous and unsupportable. All other Jewish groups hold that Jews may pray in their own way, and should be free to do so without threats.

Some ultra-Orthodox youths desecrate the sites of the other Jewish groups, in revenge for what they perceive as the desecration of Kotel.

Ultra-Orthodox leaders claim that they are the only Orthodox Jews, and find the use by other Jews (e.g. Modern Orthodox) of the word "Orthodox" to be offensive.


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Synonyms: Relationship
Synonyms: family relationship (n), human relationship (n), kinship (n). (additional references)
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Synonyms within Context: Relationship
ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Consanguinity
Verb: be related to; Adjective: claim relationship with; n. with.
Noun: consanguinity, relationship, kindred, blood; parentage; (paternity); filiation, affiliation; lineage, agnation, connection, alliance; family connection, family tie; ties of blood; nepotism.
Relation
Noun: relation, bearing, reference, connection, concern,. cognation; correlation; analogy; similarity; affinity, homology, alliance, homogeneity, association; approximation; (nearness); filiation; (consanguinity); interest; relevancy; dependency, relationship, relative position.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.
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Crosswords: Relationship
English words defined with "relationship": business relationship ♦ human relationship ♦ sexual relationship. (references)
Specialty definitions using "relationship": CCR relationship, commitment,concurrency and recovery relationship, Customer Relationship Management ♦ Dose-response relationship, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation ♦ Exposure-Response Relationship ♦ ISA relationship, IS-A relationship ♦ J-shaped relationship ♦ many-many relationship, many-one relationship ♦ one-to-one relationship ♦ S-N-P relationship, Structure-Activity Relationship ♦ Technology Enabled Relationship Manager ♦ Z/R Relationship. (references)
Etymologies containing "relationship": relatedness. (references)
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Modern Usage: Relationship
DomainUsage
Screenplays
Alicia, does our relationship warrant long-term commitment (A Beautiful Mind; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman)
Some cultures are defined by their relationship to cheese (Benny & Joon; writing credit: Barry Berman)
Should've known our relationship was doomed (Say Anything; writing credit: Cameron Crowe.)
She told me she didn't want our relationship to start on a physical basis as that is how it would be principally defined from then on in. (Trainspotting; writing credit: Irvine Welsh; John Hodge)
My dear, it appears that we may have to re-define the nature of our relationship. (Tombstone; writing credit: Kevin Jarre.)
Lyrics
Dear matthew I like you a lot I realize you're in a relationship with someone (Unsent; performing artist: Alanis Morissette)
It's the strangest kind of relationship (Whip Appeal; performing artist: Babyface; writing credit: Babyface, Perri Smith)
Boy we had a cool relationship (You Gets No Love; performing artist: Faith Evans)
They hurt so bad that they ended our relationship (Don't Wanna Try; performing artist: FRANKIE J)
When I think back, we had a beautiful relationship (Let's Get Back; performing artist: Gwen Stefani)
Clever
Rules without relationship equals rebellion. (references; author: unknown)
It is not the relation which is important, but the relationship that is important! (references; author: unknown)
Movie/TV Titles
Test the Nation: The National Relationship Test (2003)
Unveiled: Mother/Daughter Relationship (1997)
Nine Points of View on Relationship (1994)
The Relationship (1988)
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Commercial Usage: Relationship
DomainTitle
References
  • Knowledge Management and Customer Relationship in Australia: A Strategic Entry Report, 2000 (reference)
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Books
  • Volcanic Soils. Weathering and Landscape Relationship of Soils on Tephra and Basalt (Catena Supplement 7) (reference)
  • Mending the Broken Bough: Restoring the Promise of the Mother-Daughter Relationship (reference)
  • No More Bashing: Building a New Japan-United States Economic Relationship (reference)
  • Beatrice: A Mother Daughter Relationship (Parenting a Parent) (reference)
  • Cosmopolitan Bedside Quiz Book: 27 Great Sex and Relationship Quizzes (reference)
    (more book examples)
  
Periodicals
  
Theater & Movies
  
Music
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Image Slideshow: Relationship
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Photo Album: Relationship
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A tempestuous relationship between an unlikely pair of stars may have created an oddly shaped ... Credit: NASA.
Diagram showing relationship of tide to marker at Poolbeg Lighthouse Datum referred to low water April 8, 1837 for County Dublin Note use of Mean Sea Level. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.
Figure 5. Compact luxmeter, used for study of light in air. Simplicity of design  and use have joined with greater and greater precision of measurement in this  mass-produced industry instrument.  Although apparently an instrument used in meteorology, it is shown here because of the relationship between solar radiation and photo synthesis. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.
Using a differential scanning calorimeter,  plant physiologist Christina Walters can detect phase-state changes of water  and lipids in seeds. First she cools thin slices of seed tissues sealed in tiny  aluminum pans (held in tweezers) to -170°C. The relationship she finds  between a seed's water content, temperature at which its heat capacity changes,  and size of the change give clues about the nature of glasses that form. Photo  by Scott Bauer. Credit: USDA ARS News.
Measured drawing delineated by J. C. Halden.
(Reproduction Number: HABS, MASS,5-ANNI,3- Sheet 4 of 6) 

While most of the documentation in the HABS and HAER collections records individual sites, there are fascinating examples of buildings recorded within their environmental context. These cultural landscapes show the visual and functional relationship among buildings. In this instance, the location and arrangement of the eighteenth and nineteenth century buildings was closely tied to the transportation and commercial opportunities the New England fishing village waterfront presented. Credit: Library of Congress.
Research on the relationship between virus diseases and malaria in mosquitoes. / WHO p. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by Spooner..
Relationship. Credit: Library of Congress.
  
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Digital Photo Gallery: Relationship
 
"Lower Palace of the Golfines" by Luis Alves
Commentary: "It is the most beautiful example of Cacereña architecture (i.e. architecture of Cacerés). Its façade demonstrating with its simplicity the beauty of the plateresca style. In it, the Catholic Kings lodged once allowing its onweers to develop a close relati"

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Historic Usage: Relationship
AuthorDateQuotation
Winston S. Churchill
1946
This means a special relationship between the British Commonwealth and Empire and the United States. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)
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Use in Literature: Relationship
TitleAuthorQuote
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams
One of the major difficulties Trillian experienced in her relationship with Zaphod was learning to distinguish between him pretending to be stupid just to get people off their guard, pretending to be stupid because he couldn't be bothered to think and wanted someone else to do it for him, pretending to be outrageously stupid to hide the fact that he actually didn't understand what was going on, and really being genuinely stupid
Grapes of Wrath
Steinbeck, John
The relationship was plain
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Non-Fiction Usage: Relationship
SubjectTopicQuote
Health
However, a dose-response relationship was not detected. (references)
But remember, it might take time for the relationship to develop. (references)
Studying the relationship between melanocytes and the cells of moles. (references)
Business
It is the most important bilateral relationship for both countries. (references)
Credit terms depend on the relationship with each individual distributor. (references)
Accessibility of credit is highly dependent upon the customer/bank relationship. (references)
Civil Liberties
Norway
There was increased public debate on the relationship between church and state during the year. (references)
Nicaragua
The Roman Catholic Church is not an official state religion; however, it enjoys a close relationship with the secular Government. (references)
Albania
Most religious communities have expressed the need for such a law to clarify their rights and responsibilities and relationship to the Government. (references)
Economic History
Kazakhstan
A trading relationship should be developed over time. (references)
Taiwan
Taiwan's relationship with the PRC remains problematic. (references)
Italy
The U.S.-Italian bilateral relationship is strong and growing. (references)
Human Rights
Malawi
Its use often bears only a tenuous relationship to the merits of an individual's situation. (references)
Morocco
Following the installation of a new Government in 1998, the judiciary's relationship with the Ministry of Interior began to be less dependent. (references)
Namibia
In mid-June Simpson Mandume, an SFF soldier, shot and killed 21-year-old Heblonia Maliro Tjiti, with whom he reportedly had a romantic relationship. (references)
Indigenous People
Peru
In accordance with local culture and traditions, most of the native communities have a spiritual relationship with their land, and the concept of land as a marketable commodity is alien to them. (references)
Japan
A 1998 report submitted by the U.N. Special Rapporteur to the U.N. Working Group on Indigenous Populations stated that the Ainu never had entered into a consensual juridical relationship with any state and stated that the lack of such an agreement deprived them of their rights. (references)
Minorities
Greece
The sometimes difficult relationship between Albania and Greece intensified the problem. (references)
Political Economy
Costa Rica
A few irritants arise periodically in the relationship. (references)
Chad
The U.S. enjoys a good bilateral relationship with Chad. (references)
Senegal
Senegal enjoys an excellent relationship with the United States. (references)
Political Rights
Oman
The precise responsibilities of the Council of State and its relationship to the existing Consultative Council have yet to be clarified. (references)
Mongolia
The formation of the Government in 2000 highlighted constitutional questions concerning the President's relationship to Parliament and the Government, and the right of Members of Parliament to serve in the Government. (references)
Canada
The Supreme Court ruled in 1998 that a unilateral declaration of independence would be illegal, but that the Federal Government and other provinces would be obligated to negotiate Quebec's separation if a clear majority of Quebeckers voted to change their relationship with Canada on the basis of a clearly phrased referendum question. (references)
Trade
Norway
Commercial banks enjoy a very close relationship with trade and industry. (references)
Bulgaria
To offset that risk, it is necessary to develop a strong client relationship. (references)
Tunisia
MOST TUNISIAN BANKS MAINTAIN A CORRESPONDING RELATIONSHIP WITH ONE OR MORE U.S. BANKS. (references)
Travel
Brazil
They prefer a more continuous working relationship. (references)
Spain
Spaniards expect a personal relationship with suppliers. (references)
Kenya
The use of first names at an early stage of a business relationship is acceptable. (references)
Women
South Africa
Female farmworkers' access to housing often is dependent on their relationship to male farmworkers. (references)
Austria
The Association of Houses for Battered Women has estimated that one-fifth of the country's 1.5 million adult women has suffered from violence in a relationship. (references)
Finland
Most of the persons seeking shelter are women between 25 and 35 years of age, either married or in a common-law relationship, and nearly one-third are immigrants. (references)
Worker Rights
Denmark
The LO has traditionally had a close relationship with the Social Democrat Party. (references)
Gabon
The Government has an informal cooperative relationship with NGO's providing services to victims. (references)
Hong Kong
In cases where the claimed relationship as husband and wife does not satisfy the immigration officer, applications are rejected. (references)
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Spoken Usage: Relationship
SpeakerPhrase(s)
Dennis Quaid
Very similar, I got to say. My son's my best friend. And that's what I brought to the party. Jim is that way, too. The guy I play. He's that kind of dad. Then they also had the relationship between him and his own father, which is not so great.
Donald Rumsfeld
Oh, my goodness, Iran is certainly not an ally. That's a word that's reserved for a relationship that's noticeably different than ours with Iran.
James Dobson
Prayer to me is an outgrowths of a relationship. It's not ritual. It's not just chants. I'm talking to God. I'm talking to him as a friend and the amazing thing is he listens to me and to others who pray.
Mark Shields
Governor Ridge, nobody questions the closeness of your relationship, the trust and confidence between you and the president.
Mike Wallace
What I've often wondered about is Franklin Roosevelt's relationship with his mother. It never occurred to me that he was a mama's boy.
Mohammed Aldouri
I hope that this war will not happen at all, and we hope that we will finish one day with this question of inspections, and to be in a very normal relationship, not only with the United Nations, but with all other countries, including United States.
Monica Lewinsky
Probably that I went to Washington with an agenda to seduce the president and then expose that relationship so I could become famous.
Robert Novak
Mr. Chairman, the president, on his trip to China, stressed the importance of the relationship between the two governments and took the positive rather than the negative.
Rush Limbaugh
Whatever the answer, it is clear that the relationship between Chirac and Hussein is long and complex, and not altogether easy to understand.
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Speeches: Relationship
SpeakerTermPhrase(s)
Warren G. Harding
1921-1923Perhaps we never shall know the old levels of wages again, because war invariably readjusts compensations, and the necessaries of life will show their inseparable relationship, but we must strive for normalcy to reach stability.
Gerald Ford
1974-1977We have an improving relationship with China, the world's most populous nation.
Jimmy Carter
1977-1981This has not been a simple or a static relationship.
Ronald Reagan
1981-1989Gorbachev's upcoming visit to America can lead to a more stable relationship.
George Bush
1989-1993One might say that our new relationship in part reflects the triumph of hope and strength over experience.
Bill Clinton
1993-2001From that simple proposition, he shaped the New Deal, which helped restore our nation to prosperity and defined the relationship between Americans and their government for half a century.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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Usage Frequency: Relationship
"Relationship" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Relationship" is used about 12,874 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words		Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%12,874719 
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
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Derived & Related Names: Relationship
The following table summarizes names derived from the word "relationship".
 
NameGenderLanguageMeaning
SherahN/ABiblical
Relationship
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
 
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Expressions: Relationship
Expressions using "relationship": 1:1 relationship ♦ be in relationship with smb. ♦ blood relationship ♦ business relationship ♦ causal relationship ♦ CCR relationship ♦ claim relationship with ♦ claiming relationship ♦ commitment,concurrency and recovery relationship ♦ creation of a trusted relationship ♦ customer Relationship Management ♦ Einstein relationship ♦ enter into a relationship with ♦ family relationship ♦ friendly relationship ♦ have a relationship ♦ have a relationship with ♦ human relationship ♦ ISA relationship ♦ J-shaped relationship ♦ line relationship ♦ linear relationship ♦ lovehate relationship ♦ organizational relationship ♦ personal relationship ♦ phase relationship ♦ professional relationship ♦ Quantitative Structure Activity Relationship ♦ Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship ♦ reciprocal relationship ♦ relationship description ♦ sexual relationship ♦ Structure-Activity Relationship ♦ technology Enabled Relationship Manager ♦ vertical relationship. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
Beginning with "relationship": relationship-based, relationship-bonding, relationship-building, relationship-challenged, relationship-metropolitan, relationship-oriented.
Ending with "relationship": entity-relationship, inter-relationship.
Containing "relationship": entity-relationship diagram, entity-relationship model.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Relationship
The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day		ExpressionFrequency
per Day
relationship
11,876
teen relationship
121
relationship advice
2,836
relationship break up
117
love relationship
2,001
relationship compatibility
115
customer relationship management
1,083
customer relationship
114
relationship problem
619
online relationship
113
relationship quiz
543
crm customer relationship management
113
relationship help
539
relationship management
105
long distance relationship
490
family relationship
104
relationship quote
375
ending a relationship
96
interracial relationship
327
mother daughter relationship
96
relationship counseling
287
entity relationship diagram
81
relationship test
248
free relationship advice
78
sexual relationship
232
relationship tip
77
relationship poem
210
christian relationship
75
abusive relationship
191
bad relationship
75
relationship question
158
relationship marriage
73
customer relationship management software
151
astrology relationship
71
personal relationship
140
rebound relationship
67
healthy relationship
135
dating relationship
65
relationship marketing
132
relationship horoscope
63
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.
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Modern Translation: Relationship
Language Translations for "relationship"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaans
  
verwantskapsbetrekking (affiliation, affinity, blood-relationship), verwantskap (affiliation, affinity, blood-relationship), naverwantskap (affiliation, affinity, blood-relationship). (various references)
   
Albanian
  
të afërmit, marrëdhënie (companionship, connection, connexion, intercourse, link, rapport, relation, term), lidhje familiare (kinship), gjini (cognation, filiation, gender, genre, genus, kindred, sex). (various references)
   
Arabic 
  
اِرْتِباط (connection), ‏نسب (ascription, assign, belong, derivation, descent, extraction, issue, kin, lineage, parentage, pedigree, propinquity, relation), ‏قرابة (affinity, agnation, blood relationship, cognation, consanguinity, kindred), ‏علاقة (bond, connection, connexion, link, linkage, nexus, rapport, relation, relevance, respect, runner, shroud, tie), ‏صلة (communication, connection, connexion, copula, link, linkage, rapport, reference, relation, tie, touch), ‏إنتماء (belonging, pertinence). (various references)
   
Bulgarian 
  
сродство (affinity, appetence, appetency, kindred, kinship), родство (affinity, alliance, blood, filiation, kin, kinship, propinquity, relation, vicinity), връзка (alliance, association, bond, bunch, cement, channel, communication, concatenation, connection, connexion, contact, copula, cord, coupler, intercommunication, lace, leverage, liaison, ligament, ligature, link, nexus, noose, overlay, point, reference, regard, relation, relevance, relevancy, string, tie, touch), взаимоотношение (interrelation), отношение (attitude, bearing, concern, contact, count, deal, dealing, feeling, play, posture, proportion, ratio, reference, regard, relation, respect, sentiment, stance, treatment). (various references)
   
Chinese 
  
關係  (guanxi, relation, relations, to affect, to concern, to have to do with), 关系 (relate, Relating, relational, tie-up). (various references)
   
Czech
  
relace (broadcast, ratio), vztah (bearing, cognation, intercourse, link, rapport, regard, relation), spojitost (connection), souvislost (coherence, connection, context, continuity, link, linkage, thread). (various references)
   
Danish
  
relation (link, relation, telegraph relation), forhold (relation, understanding), association (association). (various references)
   
Dutch
  
verwantschap (affiliation, affinity, blood-relationship), familiebetrekking (affiliation, affinity, blood-relationship). (various references)
   
Esperanto
  
parenceco (blood-relationship, consanguinity). (various references)
   
Farsi 
  
نسبت  (Blood, Cognation, Kinship, Proportion, Rapport, Ratio, Relation, Respect, Scale), وابستگی  (Affinity, Coherency, Contiguity, Dependence, Interdependence, Kindred, Pertinence), خویشی  (Kin, Kinship, Propinquity). (various references)
   
Finnish
  
yhteys (association, communication, connection, contact, context, fellowship, relation, service, unity), sukulaisuus, sukulaissuhde (family connection), sukulaisside (family connection), suhde (proportion, ratio, relation). (various references)
   
French
  
relations. (various references)
   
Frisian
  
sibskip (affiliation, affinity, blood-relationship). (various references)
   
German
  
Verwandtschaft (affiliation, affinity, blood-relationship, family, kin, kindred, kinfolk, kinsfolk, kinship, relatedness, relation, relations, relatives), Beziehung (affinity, connection, contact, correlation, footing, pull, rapport, relation, relational, respect), Verhältnis (affair, attitude, footing, involvement, liaison, love affair, proportion, rapport, rate, ratio, relation, relations, understanding). (various references)
   
Greek 
  
σχέση (affinity, association, bearing, communion, concern, connection, dealings, pertinence, pertinency, ratio, reference, regard, relation, relevance, relevancy). (various references)
   
Hebrew 
  
יחס (attitude, bearing, connection, proportion, ratio, relation, relation ship, treatment), שארות (blood relation, kinship), קשר (bond, communication, connection, converse, knot, liaison, link, linkage, linking, loop, nexus, node, noose, relation, tie), קרבות (affinity, closeness, frienship, nearness, proximity). (various references)
   
Hungarian
  
rokonság (affinity, belongings, cousinhood, kin, kindred, kinsfolk, kinship, kith and kin), kapcsolat (acquaintanceship, affair, affiliation, articulation, association, attach, conjunction, connection, connexion, dealings, hookup, intercommunication, liaison, link, link up, linkage, linking, nexus, passages, platonics, rapport, relation), összefüggés (coherence, coherency, concatenation, connection, connexion, consistence, consistency, context, contiguity, correlation, interdependence, interrelation, nexus, rapport). (various references)
   
Indonesian
  
pengikatan (binding, connection, tying (of)). (various references)
   
Italian
  
relazione (account, affair, commentary, concern, connection, connexion, contact, liaison, paper, presentation, reference, relation, report, touch), parentela (affiliation, affinity, blood-relationship, kin, kindred, kinfolk, kinship, relatedness). (various references)
   
Japanese Kanji 
  
関連性  (associativity, relatedness, relation, relevance), 繋がり  (connection, link), 繋属  (pendency), 続柄  (relation), 続き柄  (connection), 絡み  (entanglement, involvement, linkage), 仲  (relation), 係属  (pendency, pending). (various references)
   
Japanese Katakana 
  
ぞくがら (relation), なか (among, inside, middle, relation), つながり (connection, link), つづきがら (connection), からみ (entanglement, involvement, linkage, saltytaste, traveling alone and with little luggage), かんれんせい (associativity, relatedness, relation, relevance), けいぞく (continuation, pendency, pending). (various references)
   
Korean 
  
관계 (Concerning, regard, relation, relations). (various references)
   
Manx
  
kiangley (anchoring, anchoring building, article, article to trade, attach, band, bandage, bandaging, belay, bend, bind, bind down, binding, bond, bow knot, bundle, compress, condition, condition terms, connect, constipate, constrain, dress, dressing, envoy, envoy of poem, fasten down, fastening, influence, involvement, juncture, link, lock, lock in, locking, make fast, nexus, obligation, pin, pinion, retain, retention, secure, shackle, stipulation, tether, tie, tie down, tie on, tie up, tying, vinculum). (various references)
   
Pig Latin
  
elationshipray.(various references)
   
Portuguese
  
parentesco (affiliation, affinity, alliance, birth, blood, brood, connection, connexion, kin, kindred, kinfolk, kinship, parentage, tie). (various references)
   
Romanian
  
rudenie (consanguinity, kin, kindred, kinship, relation, relative), relaţie (account, bearing, communion, concern, connection, contact, intercourse, relation, relevance, relevancy), raport (account, bearing, connection, memoir, rapport, ratio, record, reference, relation, report, respect, return, statement), spiţã (line, spoke), legãturã (band, bandage, bearing, bind, binder, binding, bond, brace, bracer, bunch, bundle, communion, concern, conjunction, connection, contact, cord, harmony, headkerchief, hoist, junction, knot, lashing, league, liaison, ligament, link, link up, marriage, nexus, pack, pertinence, rapport, reference, relation, relevance, relevancy, respect, sheaf, tie, touch, truss, unity), înrudire (affinity, cognation, congeniality, kindred, kinship, propinquity, similarity). (various references)
   
Russian 
  
отношение (attitude, bearing, mindset, quotient, rate, ratio, reference, regard, relation, respect). (various references)
   
Scottish
  
dìlseachd, dìlse (a faithful one, faithfulness), dàimh (affinity). (various references)
   
Serbo-Croatian
  
srodstvo (affinity, kinship, relation), povezanost (coherence, coherency, connection, connexion, interconnection, series), odnos (bearing, ratio, relation), ljubavna veza (liaison, love affair). (various references)
   
Spanish
  
relación (association, connection, connexion, connotation, link, link up, list, record, reference, relation, relevance, relevancy, touch, understanding). (various references)
   
Swedish
  
släktskap (affiliation, affinity, alliance, blood-relationship, consanguinity, filiation, kin, kindred, kinship), relation (narration, relation, terms). (various references)
   
Thai
  
ความเป็นญาติกัน, ความสัมพันธ์ฉันท์ชู้สาว (liaison), ความสัมพันธ์ (concern, relativity). (various references)
   
Turkish
  
yakınlık (adjacency, affinity, approximation, closeness, connection, connexion, contiguity, familiarity, immediacy, imminence, intimacy, kinship, nearness, propinquity, proximity, terms), ilişki (affair, affaire, affinity, bond, commerce, connection, connexion, contact, copulation, corelate, correlate, correlation, daughter, dealing, dealings, gallantry, intercourse, interrelation, involvement, it, liaison, noose, rapport, reference, regard, relation, relevance, relevancy, sexual intercourse, truck), ilgi (affinity, attachment, attention, bearing, care, concern, connection, connexion, curiosity, interest, involvement, liking, pertinence, reference, regard, relation, relativeness, relevance, relevancy, respect, solicitude, sympathies, sympathy, thought), bağ (alliance, bandage, beginnings, binder, bond, brace, connection, connexion, copula, copulation, cord, corelate, daughter, desmo-, fascia, fastener, fastening, header, knot, lace, league, ligament, ligature, link, linkage, linkup, nexus, noose, relation, string, tie, tie up, truss, vinculum, vine, vineyard, yoke), alâka (attachment, bearing, concern, connection, interest, relation, relevance, relevancy, respect), akrabalık (affinity, agnation, alliance, blood, blood relation, connection, consanguinity, kindred, kinship, propinquity, proximity of blood, relation). (various references)
   
Turkmen 
  
howandarlyk (patronage), hossarlyk (trusteeship). (various references)
   
Ukrainian
  
спорідненість (affinity, alliance, congeniality, consanguinity, filiation, kin, kinship, sib), зв'язок (association, bonding, bracer, catena, chain, coherence, communication, conjunction, connection, connexion, contact, join, liaison, ligament, ligature, link, nexus, pertinence, pertinency, rapport, thread, tie). (various references)
   
Vietnamese 
  
tình họ hàng (cousinhood), mối quan hệ (affinity, connection, connexion, nexus, relation), mối liên hệ  sự giao thiệp  tình thân thuộc. (various references)
   
Welsh
  
perthynas (relation). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.
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Ancestral Language Translations: Relationship
LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern
adfinitate, adfinitatum, affinitas, propinquitate, propinquitatis. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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Derivations & Misspellings: Relationship
Derivations
Words beginning with "relationship": relationships. (additional references)
Words ending with "relationship": interrelationship. (additional references)
Words containing "relationship": interrelationships. (additional references)

Misspellings
"Relationship" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: realtionship, relationshop, relationsjip, rtelationship. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).
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Rhyming with "Relationship"
# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "relationship" (pronounced rēlā"shunshi'p)
10r ē l ā" sh u n sh i' pinterrelationship.
6-sh u n sh i' pmusicianship.
5-u n sh i' pbipartisanship, brinkmanship, brinksmanship, chairmanship, championship, citizenship, companionship, craftsmanship, draftsmanship, gamesmanship, guardianship, horsemanship, marksmanship, partisanship, salesmanship, showmanship, sportsmanship, statesmanship, upmanship, workmanship.
4-n sh i' pgunship, internship, kinship, township.
3-sh i' pairship, ambassadorship, apprenticeship, authorship, battleship, censorship, conservatorship, consulship, dealership, dictatorship, directorship, distributorship, editorship, entrepreneurship, fellowship, flagship, friendship, generalship, governorship, hardship, headship, judgeship, kingship, leadership, Lightship, membership, ownership, partnership, premiership, professorship, proprietorship, readership, receivership, ridership, scholarship, spaceship, speakership, sponsorship, starship, steamship, stewardship, trusteeship, viewership, warship.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.
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Anagrams: Relationship
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
Words within the letters "a-e-h-i-i-l-n-o-p-r-s-t"
-2 letters: epilations, neophilias, polarities, reptilians.
-3 letters: aeroliths, antipoles, aphelions, atrophies, atropines, epilation, hailstone, hairlines, heliports, historian, horntails, horsetail, interlaps, neophilia, nephritis, oralities, orientals, parhelion, patronise, perianths, planisher, plethoras, relations, reptilian, saintlier, saprolite, senhorita, serotinal, solitaire, terpinols, tholepins, topiaries, traplines, triplanes.
-4 letters: aerolith, ailerons, airholes, airlines, alienist, alienors, alphorns, alpinist, althorns, anethols, antihero, antipole, antiship.
 Words containing the letters "a-e-h-i-i-l-n-o-p-r-s-t"
 
+1 letter: relationships, rhinoplasties.
 
+2 letters: philanthropies.
 
+3 letters: hyperinflations, hypersalivation, rehospitalizing.
 
+4 letters: hypersalivations, hyperstimulation, radiotelephonies.
 
+5 letters: australopithecine, hyperstimulations, hyperventilations, interrelationship, rehospitalization.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX
 1. Definition 
 2. Synonyms 
 3. Crosswords 
 4. Usage: Modern 		 5. Usage: Commercial 
 6. Images: Slideshow 
 7. Images: Photo Album 
 8. Images: Digital Art 		 9. Quotations: Historic 
 10. Quotations: Fiction 
 11. Quotations: Non-fiction 
 12. Quotations: Spoken 		 13. Quotations: Speeches 
 14. Usage Frequency 
 15. Names: Derived from 
 16. Expressions 		 17. Expressions: Internet 
 18. Translations: Modern 
 19. Translations: Ancient 
 20. Derivations 		 21. Rhymes 
 22. Anagrams 
 23. Bibliography 


  
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