affiliation.

An association with a person, group, or institution.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• political affiliation
• institutional affiliation

On the page

She disclosed her affiliation before joining the discussion.

Usage notes

Primary category: psychology / human behavior. Forms: Countable or uncountable by context; countable singular affiliation; plural affiliations. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: character, interpretation. Commonness: moderately common.