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What does akin mean?

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Adjective
  1. (of persons) Of the same kin; related by blood.
  2. (to) Allied by nature; similar; partaking of the same properties; of the same kind.
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I see these covert mechanisms as being akin to the development of politically correct language.
The core of the performance is a joonba, a traditional performance akin to a corroboree.
The effect is somewhat akin to accelerating through various 20th century musical schools.
It is regarded as being akin to rocket fuel so just imagine what state a person or persons would be in if they purchased a pitcher of the stuff.
Hearing these confessionals was a thrill akin to skimming Lady Macbeth's diary or getting drunk with Machiavelli.
This gallery forms an elevated observation point akin to the bridge of a ship, or the control tower of an airport.

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