Plural of affinity; natural attractions, relationships, similarities, or spontaneous liking between things or people.
From Latin 'affinitas' (relationship, kinship), originally describing family relationships by marriage. The plural captures multiple instances of natural connection.
Scientists use 'affinities' to describe how different elements naturally seek each other out—it's almost poetic how chemistry appropriated this word about human connection to describe atomic attraction!
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