affiliation,
tie-up,
association,
tie the act of becoming formally connected or joined; "welcomed the affiliation of the research center with the university"
assimilation in the theories of Jean Piaget: the application of a general schema to a particular instance
membership the body of members of an organization or group; "they polled their membership"; "they found dissension in their own ranks"; "he joined the ranks of the unemployed"
relationship -
a state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection); "he didn't want his wife to know of the relationship"
state the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state"
anaclisis (psychoanalysis) relationship marked by strong dependence on others; especially a libidinal attachment to e.g. a parental figure
relationship -
a relation between people; (`relationship' is often used where `relation' would serve, as in `the relationship between inflation and unemployment', but the preferred usage of `relationship' is for human relations or states of relatedness); "the relationship between mothers and their children"
relation an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together
anthropology the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings
phylogenetic relation,
affinity a natural attraction or feeling of kinship; "an affinity for politics"; "the mysterious affinity between them"; "James's affinity with Sam"
