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Belonging with paperwork — loyalty that lists itself on a form.
means An official connection to a group, organization, or cause — the formal version of belonging, usually one you could prove if asked.
from From Latin affiliare, 'to adopt as a son' — built from ad- ('to') and filius ('son'). The word originally meant literal adoption into a family, then drifted into the figurative sense of being 'adopted' by an institution, club, or cause. So every affiliation is, etymologically, a tiny legal fiction of kinship.
- origin
- latin for to adopt as a son
- corporate use
- ties employee identity to employer branding
- academic use
- credits the institution, not just the author
- dark side
- gangs and cults call it the same thing