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Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-kindred spirit.ogg Forms: kindred spirits [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} kindred spirit (plural kindred spirits)
  1. (idiomatic) Someone with the same feelings or attitudes as oneself. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): People Translations (someone with the same feelings or attitudes as oneself): 心心相印 (xīnxīnxiāngyìn) (Chinese Mandarin), zielsverwant [masculine] (Dutch), samideano (Esperanto), sukulaissielu (Finnish), âme sœur [feminine] (French), Gleichgesinnter [masculine] (German), Gleichgesinnte [feminine] (German), verwandter Geist [masculine] (German), sálufélagi [masculine] (Icelandic), anamchara [masculine] (Irish), anima gemella [feminine] (Italian), spirito affine [masculine] (Italian), сродна душа (srodna duša) [feminine] (Macedonian), bratnia dusza [feminine] (Polish), pokrewna dusza [feminine] (Polish), przyjazna dusza [feminine] (Polish), родственная душа́ (rodstvennaja dušá) (Russian), alma gemela [feminine] (Spanish), media naranja [feminine] (Spanish), tvillingsjäl [common-gender] (Swedish), själsfrände [common-gender] (Swedish), likasinnad [common-gender] (Swedish), спорі́днена душа́ (sporídnena dušá) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
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  2. Someone or something with which one feels connected. Categories (topical): People Related terms: soulmate
    Sense id: en-kindred_spirit-en-noun-Y--lL45m Disambiguation of People: 70 30

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      "word": "själsfrände"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "someone with the same feelings or attitudes as oneself",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "likasinnad"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "sporídnena dušá",
      "sense": "someone with the same feelings or attitudes as oneself",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "спорі́днена душа́"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kindred spirit"
}

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